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I've heard it works and it has caused companies to form and get funded.

I signed up like 1 week ago and I'm a 2nd time founder. It depends on your expectations and how you configure it is my read. For me, even though I'm technical, I'm mostly looking for other technical founders. Other than that, the thing I mainly want to feel when I read a profile is a sense of "oh this person would be fun to jam on ideas with" and in addition, "yea I think they got the same level of hustle/urgency as I do." Concurrently, I want to get a sense of the person's motivations - are they all about the $$, I'm a pass usually in that scenario. I just want to build something people love.

I think I've already seen a few people who match that criteria.

Aside: kinda worried about how many people are looking to start an "ai startup" rather than solve a problem which might involve AI.

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> kinda worried about how many people are looking to start an "ai startup" rather than solve a problem which might involve AI

My issue is that I am working on a project (I wouldn't call it a startup exactly) which does directly involve AI, so I attract attention from the exact types of people you mentioned, fair weather fans. If you have crypto in your profile and are now interested in AI, that tells me all I need to know.

I've been able to scare most of them away by not having a functioning landing page and directing them to a repo instead. Since I am looking for another technical person this has been a great filter.

> and it has caused companies to form and get funded

I am far more interested in what percentage fail because of a breakdown in the founder relationship.

It's easy to start a company and get funded, when you have a great team. It's very difficult to maintain that relationship for a decade or more.

Separating signal from noise is going to be interesting here. Startups founded by friends, former co-workers or network all fail. Exiting isn't guaranteed, nor is product market fit or any amount of success. Most startups fail.

Yes it will be cool when we can see stats like "co-founder matching has created X startups, and you're Y% more likely to succeed." Those stats take time to reach significance. For now, it's OK for it to ride on vision + early indicators like "# of startups founded".

> I am far more interested in what percentage fail because of a breakdown in the founder relationship.

In my experience this happens far more often than issues with tech, but less frequently than running out of cash due to failure in product market fit for pure software plays.

Hardware companies tend to be rough for the founders, unless they are extremely savvy at raising funds.

The longer a start-up remains in the start-up phase the bigger the chance for co-founder conflicts due to differences in expectations and changing life circumstances.

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