Why There’s Never Been a Better Time to Start (or Invest in) a Startup

ChatGPT hit 100 million users in two months.

Two months. For context, TikTok needed nine months. Instagram took two and a half years. What changed? Everything, actually. Technology isn’t just advancing anymore, it’s accelerating at a pace that makes last year feel like ancient history. And that acceleration is exactly why right now, in 2025 and heading into 2026, might be the single best moment in human history to build a startup or bet on one.

Here’s why.

Living on the Knee of the Curve

We’re at what futurists call “the knee of the curve,” the inflection point where exponential growth stops looking gradual and starts looking vertical. Ray Kurzweil, who predicted this decades ago, has a wild claim: the 21st century won’t deliver 100 years of progress. It’ll deliver the equivalent of 20,000 years at today’s rate.