THE REAL STATE OF SEED TODAY: THE TOP 10 LEARNINGS FROM 50,000 STARTUPS, PER CARTA'S LATEST DATA

Summary from the TLDR Founders newsletter

The seed market is healthy but bifurcated. AI companies are operating in a different universe than everyone else, who is competing for a smaller share of attention with leaner teams and longer runways. SAFEs have become completely standardized, and solo founding is increasingly viable, but remains a handicap for fundraising. The fundamentals are still the same: build something people want, get to metrics that matter, and raise when you have the leverage.