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Y Combinator

The Age Of The 40-Year-Old Solo Founder Is Here

2026-06-19 · 2 company · 4 thematic
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jared

YC partner and co-host of The Light Cone; focuses on developer tools, AI infrastructure, and early-stage investing; former founder.

gary

Gary (likely Gary Tan, CEO of Y Combinator) hosts the 'How to Build the Future' series, interviewing frontier technology founders. He introduced Max Hodak as co-founder of Neuralink and founder of Science, and guided the conversation through BCI technology, Neuralink's origins, and Science's three-pillar pipeline.

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“sort of unconscionable in 2026 to not be using Cloud Code or Codex or Cursor, you know, just you wouldn't be able to stay on top of what's going on.”
—jared
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