YC Spring 2026 Request for Startups: 6 of 7 Categories Explicitly Target AI-Native SaaS Replacement

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Y Combinator's Spring 2026 RFS reveals the accelerator's thesis that traditional SaaS categories are ripe for AI-native replacement. Six of seven ideas are AI-centric: 'Cursor for Product Managers' (replacing Jira/Linear), AI-native agencies (delivering finished work at software margins), AI hedge funds (agent swarms for quant trading), AI for government (processing the AI-generated application flood), AI guidance for physical work (multimodal real-time coaching), and stablecoin financial services. The overarching pattern: replace human coordination with agents that act.