The speed, cost, and quality required to bring a technical Proof of Concept (POC) to market have undergone a radical change. This shift is fundamentally rewriting the rules of venture capital and the journey of founding a company. In our experience working with founders today, the world is unrecognizable compared to just two years ago. The old barriers to entry—massive seed rounds and six-month development cycles—have effectively collapsed. We are seeing a total transformatio