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YC CEO endorses Ploy as must-use marketing platform for startups

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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“for those of you watching, if you actually want more customers, if you actually want to win, if you want to beat your competitors, I don't know why you wouldn't use ploy.ai.”

—gary

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