As an outsider to the US ecosystem, a lot of the surrounding startup activity feels strange to me. Many companies seem to be building thin wrappers, agent orchestration layers, AI-generated apps, or B2B tools whose main customers appear to be other AI startups. At the same time, the social and funding environment seems extremely intense. Everyone is excited by “solving a problem,” everyone is racing toward YC or seed funding like it’s the new Stanford acceptance letter. Do people inside this SF ...