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The author argues that startups still require a technical co-founder despite the rise of AI coding tools. While AI can quickly generate prototypes, it frequently introduces severe security vulnerabilities, database failures, and unmaintainable codebases that jeopardize early customer trust and business viability. Consequently, non-technical founders attempting to build products solely through prompts risk creating systems they cannot secure or scale when real-world problems arise. Open article →