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Y Combinator Startup Podcast

We help founders make something people want.

Episodes

Total: 259

Imagine flying from NY to London in just a few hours. That’s the future that Blake Scholl and his te

Many startups fail because they run out of money. So how should you think about how to spend the mon

According to OpenAI's former Chief Research Officer Bob McGrew, reasoning and test-time compute

AI continues to improve at an exponential pace. So what can you do as a founder to take advantage of

AI continues to improve at an exponential pace. So what can you do as a founder to take advantage of

In this episode of How to Build the Future, Garry sits down with Parker Conrad, Co-founder & CEO

Two-time founder Rujul Zaparde knows a thing or two about resilience and learning from failure. Aft

YC General Partner David Lieb’s story is all about perseverance. In 2008 he co-founded Bump, one of

YC's Nicolas Dessaigne was the co-founder and CEO of @algolia, a Search API used by millions of deve

Since Twitter rebranded to X, the platform has added new features and implemented a few major update

It’s fair to say that few people in tech are positioned to have a bigger impact on the future than S

The biggest companies in the world all had to start somewhere. In this episode of Office Hours, the

Stripe, Airbnb and Lyft are a few of the most successful companies of the past decade. And there are

Building a startup and trying to break into an established market is very difficult, especially if y

Whether it's for sales, recruiting or making new connections, cold outreach is a necessary tool for

At YC our motto is make something people want. But how do you actually know if you’ve accomplished t

In order to get your startup off the ground it's critical to keep your co-founders motivated. One of

After co-founding the successful Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus, Carl Pei felt the tech industry w

If you're a startup founder, how much should you charge for your product or service? It's a simple q

Launching a company is often pictured as a big splashy event with lots of media attention and hype.