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Hi Sam,

You've mentioned many times, more so recently, that YC is committed to investing in hard tech problems. When considering companies solving these problems for the next batch, knowing that often times even getting a prototype ready is a massive undertaking, how much chance does one have applying with nothing more than an idea and some research? And the possibility that it won't generate revenue for 5+ years?

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A common failure mode for companies like these is to talk a lot about how hard their problems are and never get anything at all done.

Even a huge project starts with a first step. We look for founders that get that one done, and then the second, and ...

Good founders get stuff done. Bad founders talk about why they aren't getting stuff done. This is true for web apps and nuclear reactors.

Being that this is true of getting anything done in the real world I was hoping to frame the question without needing to preface it with that, or listing any qualifications of my own or my team on a pseudonymous account, but needless to say we get things done.

Thanks for replying nonetheless :)

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