The ChatGPT co-founder era is ending
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For two years the move was simple: ask ChatGPT for a startup idea, then go build it. In 2026 that quietly stopped working — and it is measurable. I scored 130 SaaS categories in Q2 and only 19 came back both fundable and uncrowded, about 1 in 7. The rest were saturated, dead, or never had a buyer — the same categories an LLM still recommends with full confidence. The full piece, with the mechanism and the data, is here. ChatGPT was the best idea-generator most founders met between 2023 and…
1Key Takeaways
- For two years the move was simple: ask ChatGPT for a startup idea, then go build it.
- In 2026 that quietly stopped working — and it is measurable.
- I scored 130 SaaS categories in Q2 and only 19 came back both fundable and uncrowded, about 1 in 7.
- The rest were saturated, dead, or never had a buyer — the same categories an LLM still recommends with full confidence.
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3Why it matters
Coding AI shifts how fast software ships and how much human review each change needs. DEV — AI reports that for two years the move was simple: ask ChatGPT for a startup idea, then go build it.
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