We help founders make something people want. The Y Combinator Podcast is where builders talk about building. From the earliest days of an idea to scaling a company that changes the world, YC partners and founders share real stories, lessons, and tactics from the frontlines.
269 episodes transcribedYC General Partner David Lieb sits down with Aravind Srinivas, the co-founder and CEO of Perplexity, to discuss his origins in Silicon Valley, what it...
Imagine flying from NY to London in just a few hours. That’s the future that Blake Scholl and his team at Boom Supersonic are working towards. Blake s...
Many startups fail because they run out of money. So how should you think about how to spend the money you raise?In this episode of Office Hours, YC G...
According to OpenAI's former Chief Research Officer Bob McGrew, reasoning and test-time compute will unlock more reliable and capable AI agents— a...
AI continues to improve at an exponential pace. So what can you do as a founder to take advantage of it? In this episode of Office Hours, YC Partner...
In this episode of How to Build the Future, Garry sits down with Parker Conrad, Co-founder & CEO of Rippling, the all-in-one HR, Finance, and IT s...
Two-time founder Rujul Zaparde knows a thing or two about resilience and learning from failure. After dropping out of college to build FlightCar, he w...
YC General Partner David Lieb’s story is all about perseverance. In 2008 he co-founded Bump, one of the hottest startups of the early iPhone era. But...
YC's Nicolas Dessaigne was the co-founder and CEO of @algolia, a Search API used by millions of developers to build great search experiences into thei...
Since Twitter rebranded to X, the platform has added new features and implemented a few major updates to both its UX and algo. So what can founders i...
It’s fair to say that few people in tech are positioned to have a bigger impact on the future than Sam Altman. At OpenAI, Sam and his team have overse...
The biggest companies in the world all had to start somewhere. In this episode of Office Hours, the Group Partners explore the humble origins of sever...
Stripe, Airbnb and Lyft are a few of the most successful companies of the past decade. And there are at least two things they all have in common - gre...
Building a startup and trying to break into an established market is very difficult, especially if you’re trying to do it alone! That’s why it’s criti...
Whether it's for sales, recruiting or making new connections, cold outreach is a necessary tool for helping build your startup. But as you probably kn...
At YC our motto is make something people want. But how do you actually know if you’ve accomplished that in the early days? One of the best ways to mea...
In order to get your startup off the ground it's critical to keep your co-founders motivated. One of the best ways to do that is to figure out a fair...
After co-founding the successful Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus, Carl Pei felt the tech industry was missing the fun and wonder he remembered as a d...
If you're a startup founder, how much should you charge for your product or service? It's a simple question that can make many lock up. What number sh...
Launching a company is often pictured as a big splashy event with lots of media attention and hype. This can be scary! It also often results in founde...
