startupschool.org/generative-ai-cofounder-meetup

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Potential co-founders have sent 130,000 matching invites through the platform, and, with a 25% acceptance rate, we’ve seen a total of 33,000 matches.</p><p>We now have enough data to identify some interesting trends among our co-founder profiles and matches.</p><h1 id=\"who-are-the-founders-on-our-platform\"><strong>Who are the founders on our platform?</strong></h1><ul><li>40% of profiles are from the U.S., with 60% representing another 145<br>countries.</li><li>42% identify as technical (i.e. “a programmer, scientist, or engineer<br>who can build the product without outside assistance”).</li><li>43% are working full-time (40+ hours/week) on their startup, 22% are<br>part-time (20-40 hours/week), and the remaining spend &lt;20<br>hours/week on their startup.</li><li>Of the founders who are not currently working on a startup, 47% plan<br>to start in the next 3 months, and another 21% plan to start in the<br>next 6 months.</li><li>13% identify as a woman.</li></ul><h1 id=\"what-do-founders-care-about\"><strong>What do founders care about?</strong></h1><p>We give founders the option to mark their preferences for a co-founder across several attributes, including:</p><ul><li>Whether they are technical</li><li>Areas of skill (<em><em>Product, Design, Engineering, Sales and Marketing,</em></em><br><em><em>Operations</em></em>)</li><li>Their level of time commitment over the next few weeks (40+<br>hours/week, 20-40 hours/week, or less)</li><li>Their location</li><li>Whether they have shared interests (e.g. <em><em>B2B/Enterprise, Biotech,</em></em><br>etc.)</li></ul><p>Founders also indicate how important each attribute is: whether it’s a must-have, whether they have a preference but are flexible, or whether they don’t care at all.</p><p>The two most important attributes: <strong><strong>79% of founders care that their co-founder can commit a certain number of hours over the next few weeks</strong></strong>, and <strong><strong>74% of founders prefer to have shared interests with their co-founder</strong></strong>. 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Interestingly, the most popular interests among founders who pick only 1 interest look different:</p><ul><li><em><em>B2B/Enterprise</em></em> (17%)</li><li><em><em>Fintech</em></em> (13%)</li><li><em><em>Edtech</em></em> (12%)</li><li><em><em>Consumer</em></em> (11%)</li><li><em><em>Healthcare</em></em> (7%)</li><li><em><em>AI</em></em> (7%)</li></ul><h1 id=\"what-skills-are-founders-interested-in\"><strong>What skills are founders interested in?</strong></h1><p>Founders on the co-founder matching platform can claim responsibility in five areas of skill: <em><em>Product, Design, Engineering, Sales and Marketing, Operations.</em></em></p><ul><li>65% of founders do <em><em>Product</em></em></li><li>57% of founders do <em><em>Operations</em></em></li><li>52% of founders do <em><em>Sales and Marketing</em></em></li><li>37% of founders do <em><em>Design</em></em></li><li>31% of founders do <em><em>Engineering</em></em></li></ul><p>Here’s what founders want from their co-founder:</p><ul><li>62% of founders prefer a co-founder who does <em><em>Engineering</em></em></li><li>42% of founders prefer a co-founder who does <em><em>Product</em></em></li><li>39% of founders prefer a co-founder who does <em><em>Design</em></em></li><li>37% of founders prefer a co-founder who does <em><em>Sales and Marketing</em></em></li><li>28% of founders prefer a co-founder who does <em><em>Operations</em></em></li></ul><p>Engineers seem to be in high demand. Among founders who do not do <em><em>Engineering</em></em>, <strong><strong>80% prefer a co-founder who does <em><em>Engineering</em></em></strong></strong>. Even engineers themselves are looking for more engineers: <strong><strong>44% of <em><em>Engineering</em></em> founders prefer a co-founder who does <em><em>Engineering</em></em></strong></strong>.</p><p>Engineers are also looking for complementary skills though: <strong><strong>74% of <em><em>Engineering</em></em> founders prefer a co-founder who does <em><em>Sales and Marketing</em></em></strong></strong>, and <strong><strong>53% of <em><em>Engineering</em></em> founders prefer a co-founder who does <em><em>Operations</em></em></strong></strong>.</p><h1 id=\"who%E2%80%99s-actually-matching\"><strong>Who’s actually matching?</strong></h1><ul><li><strong><strong>Founders</strong></strong> on the platform have an average of <strong><strong>3.6 matches per person.</strong></strong></li><li><strong><strong>Engineers</strong></strong> on the platform have an average of <strong><strong>4.8 matches per person.</strong></strong></li><li><strong><strong>Founders who aren’t married to an idea</strong></strong> have an average of <strong><strong>5.1 matches</strong></strong><br><strong><strong>per person.</strong></strong></li></ul><p>The majority of matches (68%) are made up of a technical founder paired with a non-technical founder. 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Of the matches where founders indicate having met up either online or in person, <strong><strong>50% met within 6.2 days</strong></strong>.</p><p><strong><strong>If you are looking for a co-founder, come check out the co-founder matching platform! Sign up at <a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://www.ycombinator.com/cofounder-matching/">https://www.ycombinator.com/cofounder-matching.

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