Essay argues AI will make solo founding the startup default
Original title: After automation: Solo founding will be the default
A Carta collaboration cited by the author puts solo founders at 39% of new startups, nearly double the 2018 share.
Julian Weisser, founder of Solo Founders, argues that AI has cut the time and money needed to start a company, so solo founding will become ordinary. He cites a Carta collaboration showing the solo-founder share nearly doubled from 2018 to 2026, to 39%. He says loneliness, not cofounder conflict, will become the main failure mode, and points to a November 5, 2026 event in Brooklyn.
Unconfirmed: The startup-share figures come from a report the author collaborated on with Carta.
- Harvard's Noam Wasserman found 65% of high-potential startups die from people conflict.
- The author says AI cannot replace a human to push back or encourage.
- About 400 people are invited to Pioneer Works in Brooklyn on November 5, 2026.
- Organizations
- Solo FoundersCartaOn Deck
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Julian 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.
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