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President & CEO @ycombinator —Founder @garryslist—Creator of GStack & GBrain—designer/engineer who helps founders—SF Dem accelerating the boom loop

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YC Startup School 2026 just got going 3x bigger than last year We made this event for first time very technical young people to come to SF and figure out if starting a company is for them Let you in on a secret: it is

YC Startup School 2026 just got going 3x bigger than last year We made this event for first time very technical young people to come to SF and figure out if starting a company is for them Let you in on a secret: it is

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Everybody wanna be a bodybuilder but nobody wants to lift heavy ass weights. If you want to be a startup founder and you have a great idea, it won’t mean a thing until you design it, PM it, code it, and release it. Then you’ve got to sell it, market it, and make it better.

Everybody wanna be a bodybuilder but nobody wants to lift heavy ass weights. If you want to be a startup founder and you have a great idea, it won’t mean a thing until you design it, PM it, code it, and release it. Then you’ve got to sell it, market it, and make it better.

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What if your employees could easily search, understand, and query all company data, regardless of their technical ability? Been cool to get to know YC co Secoda (YC 21) which does that with their new AI offering LLMs are turning out to be turbo boosters for all knowledge work.

What if your employees could easily search, understand, and query all company data, regardless of their technical ability? Been cool to get to know YC co Secoda (YC 21) which does that with their new AI offering LLMs are turning out to be turbo boosters for all knowledge work.

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Ovation of applause for Cory Booker at the Little Tech Competition Summit today We are celebrating entrepreneurs today

Ovation of applause for Cory Booker at the Little Tech Competition Summit today We are celebrating entrepreneurs today

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Thanks Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 for your support of Garry’s List Wanna see more of what we talked about? We are a citizen’s union for common sense. Apply to join Garry’s List today for more content and join the waiting list for our launch party on March 4th

Thanks Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 for your support of Garry’s List Wanna see more of what we talked about? We are a citizen’s union for common sense. Apply to join Garry’s List today for more content and join the waiting list for our launch party on March 4th

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The NYT is predictably tearing down Reese Witherspoon for encouraging moms to try AI before they ingest the anti-AI pablum as truth Instead of linking to the NYT op-ed, I think you should watch this video and encourage you to follow Reese Witherspoon on Instagram

The NYT is predictably tearing down Reese Witherspoon for encouraging moms to try AI before they ingest the anti-AI pablum as truth Instead of linking to the NYT op-ed, I think you should watch this video and encourage you to follow Reese Witherspoon on Instagram

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AI coding agents hit a wall when codebases get massive. Even with 2M token context windows, a 10M line codebase needs 100M tokens. The real bottleneck isn't just ingesting code - it's getting models to actually pay attention to all that context effectively.

AI coding agents hit a wall when codebases get massive. Even with 2M token context windows, a 10M line codebase needs 100M tokens. The real bottleneck isn't just ingesting code - it's getting models to actually pay attention to all that context effectively.

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Last year I asked Connie Chan to resign for her role in making San Francisco unsafe for Asian Americans This year she somehow got the endorsement from Pelosi Make it make sense. You can’t.

Last year I asked Connie Chan to resign for her role in making San Francisco unsafe for Asian Americans This year she somehow got the endorsement from Pelosi Make it make sense. You can’t.

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There's nothing more conservative than a liberal with a house.

There's nothing more conservative than a liberal with a house.

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Alexandr Wang: The future isn't humans vs AI - it's humans managing AI chaos. Even self-driving cars need 1 human operator per 5 cars to handle edge cases. The last 10% of accuracy? That's where humans shine.⁣ ⁣ Management isn't going away, it's evolving.

Alexandr Wang: The future isn't humans vs AI - it's humans managing AI chaos. Even self-driving cars need 1 human operator per 5 cars to handle edge cases. The last 10% of accuracy? That's where humans shine.⁣ ⁣ Management isn't going away, it's evolving.

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Now announcing: Garry's List We’re starting a citizen’s union for radical centrism. We proved local politics is winnable in SF. Now we’re building the community to do it everywhere — news, commentary, and accountability for policies that affect California and our society.

Now announcing: Garry's List We’re starting a citizen’s union for radical centrism. We proved local politics is winnable in SF. Now we’re building the community to do it everywhere — news, commentary, and accountability for policies that affect California and our society.

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Better to hire and fund people who are scrappy and hungry, who can build, who have high velocity, than the person with the fancy resume with the huge ego YC has *never* had success funding or hiring the latter "Hire for slope, not y-intercept." —Paul Buchheit

Better to hire and fund people who are scrappy and hungry, who can build, who have high velocity, than the person with the fancy resume with the huge ego YC has never had success funding or hiring the latter "Hire for slope, not y-intercept." —Paul Buchheit

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Sam Altman's advice to founders worried about OpenAI competition: "Don't build our core chat assistant. There's so much more space to go after."⁣ ⁣ Count on the models getting far smarter. Sam promises "Sign in with ChatGPT" which would be powerful with access to memory.

Sam Altman's advice to founders worried about OpenAI competition: "Don't build our core chat assistant. There's so much more space to go after."⁣ ⁣ Count on the models getting far smarter. Sam promises "Sign in with ChatGPT" which would be powerful with access to memory.

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Holistic college admissions? More like hostile and racist. 18-yo prodigy Stanley Zhong gets Google L4 but is rejected by 16 colleges. I sat with his YC-alum dad Nan, who sued UC to crack open the admissions black box. The American Dream demands merit not more racism 👇

Holistic college admissions? More like hostile and racist. 18-yo prodigy Stanley Zhong gets Google L4 but is rejected by 16 colleges. I sat with his YC-alum dad Nan, who sued UC to crack open the admissions black box. The American Dream demands merit not more racism 👇

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I am so thankful for Paul Graham Jessica Livingston Brian Chesky Carolynn Levy for believing me and selecting me to be the President & CEO of YC. To be able to lead this brilliant band of partners is beyond the best job I’ve ever had! If you love what you do, you never work a day in your life

I am so thankful for Paul Graham Jessica Livingston Brian Chesky Carolynn Levy for believing me and selecting me to be the President & CEO of YC. To be able to lead this brilliant band of partners is beyond the best job I’ve ever had! If you love what you do, you never work a day in your life

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Sam Altman says Artificial Superintelligence is thousands of days away. There is a lot of compounding left to do. What happens then? Fix climate, space colonies, limitless intelligence, understanding physics, abundant energy. Think bigger. The age of abundance is nigh.

Sam Altman says Artificial Superintelligence is thousands of days away. There is a lot of compounding left to do. What happens then? Fix climate, space colonies, limitless intelligence, understanding physics, abundant energy. Think bigger. The age of abundance is nigh.

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Elon Musk's formula for success: Ego ÷ Ability < 1⁣ ⁣ When your ego exceeds your ability, you break the feedback loop to reality. Smash your ego. Internalize responsibility. Do whatever it takes.⁣ ⁣ The goal isn't glory—it's true work that serves the most people.

Elon Musk's formula for success: Ego ÷ Ability < 1⁣ ⁣ When your ego exceeds your ability, you break the feedback loop to reality. Smash your ego. Internalize responsibility. Do whatever it takes.⁣ ⁣ The goal isn't glory—it's true work that serves the most people.

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Solution in search of a problem

Solution in search of a problem

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If only the Joe Rogan of the late 1990s could see where media is now "Joe, you can't just make stuff up." "I'm not, my on-air persona is." "Tell him to knock it off." "I can't! He's crazy!"

If only the Joe Rogan of the late 1990s could see where media is now "Joe, you can't just make stuff up." "I'm not, my on-air persona is." "Tell him to knock it off." "I can't! He's crazy!"

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Jung said: “The psychological rule says that when an inner situation is not made conscious, it happens outside, as fate.” Founders on their journey must overcome their inner situation and integrate their shadow. Only then will they have a chance at altering fate itself.

Jung said: “The psychological rule says that when an inner situation is not made conscious, it happens outside, as fate.” Founders on their journey must overcome their inner situation and integrate their shadow. Only then will they have a chance at altering fate itself.

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Startups have to rediscover zero bug bounce Every few sprints get to zero P2 bugs before you start new feature work. Otherwise your product will be a low quality mess forever. One part of great craft is getting to zero known bugs regularly.

Startups have to rediscover zero bug bounce Every few sprints get to zero P2 bugs before you start new feature work. Otherwise your product will be a low quality mess forever. One part of great craft is getting to zero known bugs regularly.

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Oakland had 30 brutal attacks & robberies at Westlake Christian Terrace Senior Living in a week 85 year old Asian grandmas getting beaten/robbed so bad they're sent to the ER every few hours. And yet it is still not being investigated as a hate crime

Oakland had 30 brutal attacks & robberies at Westlake Christian Terrace Senior Living in a week 85 year old Asian grandmas getting beaten/robbed so bad they're sent to the ER every few hours. And yet it is still not being investigated as a hate crime

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Steve Jobs got fired from Apple, started NeXT, failed selling the hardware, pivoted to software, then Apple bought NeXT for $400M. It became macOS. Most founders quit at the first wall. Jobs hit dozens and kept finding new paths. Great founders know they can solve the maze.

Steve Jobs got fired from Apple, started NeXT, failed selling the hardware, pivoted to software, then Apple bought NeXT for $400M. It became macOS. Most founders quit at the first wall. Jobs hit dozens and kept finding new paths. Great founders know they can solve the maze.

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Make 10x to 100x bigger goals

Make 10x to 100x bigger goals

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