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Y Combinator

Y Combinator

35 episodes

From A Pivot To Building A $9.6 Billion Payroll Company

Gusto simplifies payroll and HR for small businesses, focusing on user-friendly, people-centric solutions.

Vibe Coding Is The Future

Vibe coding is transforming software engineering by emphasizing product focus and rapid iteration, with AI-generated code becoming dominant.

This Is What Young Founders Should Focus On

The discussion focuses on practical tips for young startup founders, emphasizing the importance of side projects, strategic location, realistic expectations, and understanding customer needs.

Design Experts Critique AI Interfaces

The video explores emerging AI user interfaces beyond traditional chat UIs, showcasing examples like voice AI for developers, retail AI, and AI agents for automation.

Gustaf’s Startup Framework For Spending Money

Startups should focus solely on achieving product-market fit, avoiding unnecessary functions and expenses typical of larger companies.

How AI Is Changing Enterprise

AI can automate processes, reduce costs, and improve lifestyles, leading to a future of abundance.

How Blake Scholl Built The First Independent Supersonic Jet

Boom Supersonic is developing the first independently built supersonic passenger jet, aiming to make fast air travel accessible and sustainable.

The Right (And Wrong) Way To Spend Money At Your Startup

Founders should focus on achieving product-market fit before spending money on growth.

How To Get AI Startup Ideas

The discussion focuses on how AI startup founders can find unique ideas by leveraging personal expertise, industry insights, and unconventional methods.

The Engineering Unlocks Behind DeepSeek | YC Decoded

Deep Seek's R1 model offers comparable performance to OpenAI's models at a lower cost, leveraging innovative training techniques.

B2A: Software Where the Customers Will All Be Agents

The video discusses the concept of B2A (Business to AI) where companies build software for AI agents as customers instead of humans.

AI Coding Agent for Hardware-Optimized Code

AI hardware is limited by software, with Nvidia's CUDA dominating due to optimized code, but AI-generated code could change this.

Startup Founders with Systems Programming Expertise

The video discusses the importance of systems programming expertise for startup founders, highlighting how resource constraints drive innovation and competitive advantage.

Devtools for AI Agents

AI agents are evolving to autonomously make decisions, enhancing productivity and creativity across industries.

Bob McGrew: AI Agents And The Path To AGI

The discussion focuses on advancements in AI, particularly reasoning and scaling laws, and their implications for startups and future technologies.

AI Personal Staff for Everyone

Software and AI are democratizing services once exclusive to the wealthy.

DocuSign 2.0

The video discusses the need for a new AI-powered document creation tool that simplifies and automates the process, reducing friction in business and personal document handling.

Compliance and Audit

The video discusses the increasing role of automation, particularly large language models (LLMs), in compliance and audit tasks to handle growing regulatory demands efficiently.

A Secure AI App Store

The video discusses a new AI platform that prioritizes user data protection, shared memory, app discovery, developer support, and payment handling.

America’s First Civil Supersonic Jet to Break the Sound Barrier

Boom's XB1 is the first independently developed supersonic jet to break the sound barrier, aiming to revive supersonic passenger travel.

AI Revolution: Why This Is The Best Time To Start A Startup

AI is driving unprecedented growth and innovation in startups, enabling rapid iteration and new business models.

How Scaling Laws Will Determine AI's Future | YC Decoded

The video discusses the evolution and future of scaling laws in AI, highlighting the shift from increasing model size to optimizing data and compute resources.

How To Leverage AI In Your Startup

Startups should leverage AI to enhance efficiency and innovation, while embedding themselves in tech communities like the Bay Area for better insights and opportunities.

How To Build The Future: Parker Conrad

Parker Conrad discusses his journey from founding Zenefits to creating Rippling, emphasizing the importance of building compound software solutions for businesses.

Zip co-founder Rujul Zaparde on going from 0 to 1 with enterprise sales

The video discusses the importance of validating a business idea through cold outreach to ensure market fit.

Building A $2 Billion SaaS Company: Lessons From A Two Time Founder

The discussion focuses on the experiences and lessons learned by a two-time founder, emphasizing the importance of focusing on customer needs and practical business strategies.

How do OpenAI’s o1 and o3 models perform complex reasoning?

The video explains how AI models use a 'chain of thought' process to solve complex problems by breaking them down into smaller steps, similar to human reasoning.

The Lightcone 2025 Forecast

The discussion focuses on predictions for 2025, highlighting AI advancements, the mainstream adoption of crypto, and economic impacts.

Astranis just successfully launched 4 high-orbit satellites aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9

A tech company successfully scaled from a small startup to a major player in satellite manufacturing, emphasizing a scrappy mindset and perseverance.

How To Focus On The Right Problems

Focus is crucial for founders to succeed, as it allows them to leverage their unique abilities effectively.

What David Lieb and his team built eventually became the foundation for Google Photos.

The speaker discusses overcoming challenges with their app by thinking bigger and creating a better photo app.

How David Lieb Turned a Failing Startup Into Google Photos | Backstory

David Lieb shares his journey from creating the Bump app to developing Google Photos, emphasizing resilience and learning from failures.

Remember GPT store? We don’t. 2024 was awesome for AI startups

The video discusses the rapid growth and opportunities for startups, particularly in AI, and the evolving landscape of technology and business in 2024.

Anthropic’s Claude Computer Use Is A Game Changer | YC Decoded

The video discusses the emergence of AI agents like Anthropic's Claude Computer Use, which can perform tasks on computers autonomously, marking a significant advancement in AI technology.

How To Make The Most Out of Your 20s

The video discusses strategies for maximizing personal and professional growth in your 20s, emphasizing risk-taking, delaying gratification, and building strong relationships.