It’s the shift from consumer to enterprise. Enteprise companies require more context and are much harder to find PMF

They grew up and tried to sell worldcoin to people by scanning their retinas.

What is the median age you're seeing now? Is it closer to 32 or 38?

The scene is dead. The 20-28 year olds of today are not fungible with the 20-28 year olds of a decade ago. Not only are all the easy problems solved, but the culture has changed. Just like why NYC's art scene didnt produce young generational talent for a while after the 1980s

2000s - early 2010s “take X make it social” was in the 20something entrepreneurs bag Late 2010s “B2B SaaSify the world” better fit for 2nd time founders with exposure to the mechanics of business world

Fluff got exhausted

Out of curiosity are the 28 and under founders of the past few years from the same generation as the current founders. Maybe it's a generational thing not an age thing.

It’s like an average age at burning man - this year it was 35, the year before - 34 and the year before that - 33. I’m kidding, I think you (and me) might be looking at this through a lens of your network who she’s with you

When looking beside of SasS or app-business certain maturity and knowledge of market is a plus and certainly in Deep-tech related fields. In Europa a lot of the new difficult problems are tackled by 40-50 years old entrepreneurs

It’s not just founders. What 28 year-old actor is on path to be the next Jackie Chan or Tom Cruise? The older generation just doesn’t seem to retire as soon anymore.