For a long time, the ideal developer was shaped like ▲. Technical depth was the foundation, while business understanding was optional. Now it is turning upside down, into ▼. AI digs into depth, while humans look across the breadth. We live in a world where “What should we make?” matters more than “How should we make it?”
The sharp rise in investment in solo founders in 2025 was no coincidence. People are emerging who build something on the spot when an idea occurs to them, get customer feedback the next day, and fix it the day after that. To them, a “50-person engineering team” is beyond imagination.
So what should VCs like us do? Capital? Even the meaning of capital is changing. Networks? Even the definition of networks is changing. We do not have a complete answer yet, but I believe the fact that the question has emerged is at least a sign that we have found the entrance to a rabbit hole.
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