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After automation: Solo founding will be the default
Hacker News | Oct 21, 2026 | rmason
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Presenting partnersJulian WeisserJulian Weisser is the founder and CEO of Solo Founders and a cofounder of On Deck. I spent the last seven years helping ambitious people navigate the biggest barrier to starting successful companies: finding cofounders. Back then, cofounders were considered an essential ingredient for starting a startup. Because of this, most successful companies from Facebook to Airbnb had cofounders. If the barrier to starting great companies used to be finding or working with cofounders, what will hold back great solo founders from reaching their full potential?
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