Pre-seed in the Age of AI

The tools have changed. Pre-seed founders today are working with custom LLMs, MCPs, agents, and automation stacks that shift what a small team can ship, how quickly, and at what cost. It's not that every startup is "AI-native" — but nearly every pre-seed founder is figuring out how to build with AI as leverage. Five San Antonio pre-seed founders sit down with Jasper Sundeen of the San Antonio Report to talk about what AI is actually doing inside their companies right now, how it's changed what pre-seed looks like, and where they've pulled back. Where it's earning its keep. Where it isn't. And what changes about being pre-seed when the tools shift this fast.