Topic

Y Combinator

Latest viewpoints

Paul Graham's weekly dinners encouraged early YC founders

Sam Altman recalls that Paul Graham cooked weekly dinners for early YC founders and excelled at making each founder believe their startup could become a major company.

Sam Altman Y Combinator Source at 2:10

YC advocates for founders to distribute economic power

Sam Altman describes YC as an advocate for founders and the startup movement, aimed at distributing economic power broadly rather than concentrating it.

Sam Altman Y Combinator Source at 4:56

Values earnestness and dislikes sarcastic online dismissal of founders' efforts.

Garry says YC values earnestness and is bothered by sarcastic online commentary that dismisses founders' efforts as live-action role play.

Garry Tan Y Combinator Source at 17:51

Leaders

Jensen Huang

CEO, Nvidia

Last interview Sep 2, 2026

Howard Lutnick

Public business viewpoint profile

Last interview Sep 2, 2026

Sam Altman

CEO, OpenAI

Last interview Sep 2, 2026

Elon Musk

CEO, SpaceX / Tesla

Last interview Sep 1, 2026

Julien Bek

Partner, Sequoia Capital

Last interview Aug 24, 2026

Thibault Sottiaux

Engineer, OpenAI

Last interview Aug 24, 2026

Matthew Berman

Influencer, Forward Future

Last interview Aug 24, 2026

David Senra

Podcaster, Senra Show

Last interview Aug 23, 2026

LeAnn Foster

Founder, EUTHENICS

Last interview Aug 22, 2026

Eric Ho

CEO, Goodfire

Last interview Aug 21, 2026