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Y Combinator Startup Podcast

Y Combinator Startup Podcast

Y Combinator · Technology · EN-US

This podcast features Y Combinator partners and founders discussing the journey of building a startup, from initial idea to global scaling. Through real stories and practical advice, it offers insights into the challenges and successes of entrepreneurship. The show is geared towards aspiring and...

342
Episodes
113
Guests

Notable Guests

SS
Startup School 6x
Michael Seibel
Michael Seibel 4x
OH
Office Hours 4x
Tom Blomfield
Tom Blomfield 3x
MF
Main Function 3x
Sam Altman
Sam Altman 3x
PG
Paul Graham 2x
AE
Aaron Epstein 2x
KH
Kevin Hale 2x
HT
Harj Taggar 2x
DB
Divya Bhat 2x
AC
Adora Cheung 2x
GR
Geoff Ralston 2x
MH
Max Hodak 2x
BF
Brad Flora 1x

Recent Episodes

Sep 26, 2026 · 00:29:49
✨ General-purpose AI models are showing surprising success in controlling various robots.
Philip Isola
00:29:49
Sep 18, 2026 · 00:36:28
✨ Startups are shifting from software to physical products.
00:36:28
Sep 13, 2026 · 00:12:41
✨ Manual outreach is key to understanding customer problems and attention triggers.
00:12:41
Sep 12, 2026 · 00:57:15
✨ Ollama sees 9M developers and 85% of Fortune 500 using open AI models.
00:57:15
Sep 5, 2026 · 00:21:24
✨ Paul Graham discusses startups, AI, and ambition with YC's Vivian Shen.
Paul Graham
00:21:24
Sep 4, 2026 · 00:14:48
✨ Heart Aerospace flew the world's largest electric aircraft.
Just Flew
00:14:48
Aug 29, 2026 · 00:59:39
✨ Legora grew from $1M to $100M ARR in under two years.
00:59:39
Aug 28, 2026 · 00:51:44
✨ Susan Kare designed icons and fonts for the original Macintosh.
00:51:44
Aug 13, 2026 · 00:58:17
✨ Robots can perform complex tasks like folding laundry and making espresso.
00:58:17
Aug 11, 2026 · 00:41:52
✨ Peter Steinberger created OpenClaw, an open-source AI project, to interact with coding agents from his phone.
Peter Steinberger
00:41:52
Aug 10, 2026 · 00:57:02
✨ Science is developing a retinal implant to restore vision, with one patient reading a novel.
00:57:02
Aug 7, 2026 · 00:56:01
✨ Stephen Haney demos Paper, an AI-native design tool, with YC's Aaron Epstein.
Stephen Haney
00:56:01
Aug 6, 2026 · 00:42:07
✨ Future startups will be smaller, powered by personal AGI agents.
Garry Tan
00:42:07
Aug 5, 2026 · 00:36:13
✨ Starcloud is building data centers in space, launching an Nvidia H100 GPU into orbit.
00:36:13
Aug 4, 2026 · 00:49:24
✨ Waymo's journey from demo to 500k weekly trips took 15 years.
Dmitri Dolgov
00:49:24
Aug 3, 2026 · 00:30:59
✨ Patrick Collison discusses Stripe's founding story and the importance of considering success.
00:30:59
Aug 1, 2026 · 00:57:06
✨ Jeff Dean discusses the 1% rule for building AI systems.
00:57:06
Jul 31, 2026 · 00:32:09
✨ Develop an internal compass and conviction for the future, ignoring external noise.
Alexandr Wang
00:32:09
Jul 29, 2026 · 00:50:01
✨ Blake Scholl founded Boom Supersonic to revive supersonic air travel.
Blake Scholl
00:50:01
Jul 28, 2026 · 00:39:00
✨ Sam Altman discussed the immense potential for startups today.
Sam Altman
00:39:00

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