Zoho's Vembu Challenges YC's Tan on Vibe Coding

Zoho's founder, Sridhar Vembu, had a public argument with Garry Tan, the president of Y Combinator, about a new way of coding called 'vibe coding.'

Garry Tan said that companies like Zoho might lose customers because people can now make their own apps using AI tools.

But Sridhar Vembu disagreed.

He said Zoho is growing fast and that vibe coding isn't ready to replace professional software.

He also said that vibe coding can create problems later because it doesn't have strong security and privacy protections.

Vembu even made a bet that Zoho will do better than these new vibe-coding companies in the long run.