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milan ganaimarcelbillnicosteven haneymax hodakphilip johnstondmitri dolgovpatrick collisonstuartmarkalexander wangmishajohnblake scholljensen huangalexeric landautomstanjamesankitmark pincusgaryjaredlalit kishorvidit aatreypedro franchescimax junestrandcharlie holtzvaruneric riesaadit palichapaul grahamharshil mathurdemis hassabisamjad masaddianaqiong wangkarimfrancois cholletmukund jhaian fischerharjpeter steinbergerjames hawkinsmike mignano
episodes · 43
Why Robotics Still Isn't Solved - But Could Be Soon | YC Paper Club4 insights
2026-08-08 · General Instinct founders claim 500ms inference for world action models on Jetson via dis…
Paper: The Design Tool Built For The Agent Era7 insights
2026-08-07 · Paper founder describes agent-native design tool gaining traction against Figma
Max Hodak: “Speed Is Determined by Infrastructure”5 insights
2026-08-07 · Science CEO details retinal prosthesis clinical success and internal OS
100 VCs Said No. Now They're Building Data Centers in Space13 insights
2026-08-05 · StarCloud targets 20GW+ orbital compute constellation as Starship slashes launch costs
Waymo Co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov: The Demo Is Only 1% Of The Work1 insight
2026-08-03 · Waymo Co-CEO Dolgov: 17x safer than humans, scaling exponentially with 500k weekly trips
Patrick Collison: Is AI Breaking the Lean Startup Playbook?2 insights
2026-07-31 · Stripe CEO shares proprietary data showing startup formation at record 2x YoY growth
Multi-GPU Kernels, Intelligence per Watt, Heterogeneous Inference, and More | YC Paper Club8 insights
2026-07-29 · Former PyTorch maintainer co-founds Core Auto with OpenAI VP Research to automate kernel…
Alexandr Wang: “This is a Once-in-a-Civilization Opportunity”2 insights
2026-07-29 · Meta's frontier AI lab launches Muse Spark models 8x cheaper than Opus, targeting open-so…
Blake Scholl: "The Future Was Supposed to Be Faster"1 insight
2026-07-28 · Boom Supersonic demonstrates supersonic flight without sonic boom, enabling regulatory ch…
Jensen Huang: The Mindset That Built NVIDIA2 insights
2026-07-26 · Huang: Physical AI robotics business at $10B, targeting next $100B revenue pillar
What Big Tech Missed And How Startups Can Still Win2 insights
2026-07-25 · Ami Labs raises €1B seed to build world models, betting on sensory data over text
Why Physical AI Is the Next Platform Shift1 insight
2026-07-25 · Encord co-founder reveals petabyte-scale data layer for physical AI with hundreds of cust…
What Actually Makes A Startup Durable4 insights
2026-07-25 · GoCardless founder describes it as kernel of London startup ecosystem
The Model-Agnostic AI Platform Betting That No Single Lab Will Win1 insight
2026-07-23 · Stan praises Mistral's execution and $12B valuation as impressive
Why Ambitious Startup Ideas Are Actually Easier To Sell2 insights
2026-07-22 · PostHog pivots to AI-native self-driving software platform
India Can Create The Largest AI Companies1 insight
2026-06-27 · YC-backed Open Code praised for open-source AI coding agent
Zynga Founder: Consumer Is Not Investible Right Now - Thats Why You Should Build It1 insight
2026-06-25 · Pincus Highlights Thinking Machines' Near-Zero Latency as Key AI Differentiator
The Age Of The 40-Year-Old Solo Founder Is Here2 insights
2026-06-19 · YC CEO endorses Ploy as must-use marketing platform for startups
Groww: If Your Customers Don't Love It or Hate It, You've Already Lost1 insight
2026-06-15 · Groww founder sees wealth management as next growth engine as Indian customer base matures
How Meesho Became India’s Biggest Shopping App1 insight
2026-06-11 · Meesho founder reveals 250M users, #1 Android shopping app in India since 2021
The Most AI-Pilled CEO We Know1 insight
2026-06-10 · Brex CEO details AI-native transformation: redesigning core processes, building agent inf…
How Legora Went From YC to $100M ARR in 18 Months9 insights
2026-06-05 · Legora CEO details path from YC to $100M ARR in 18 months
Conductor CEO Charlie Holtz Walks Us Through His AI Coding Setup3 insights
2026-06-04 · Conductor founder demonstrates AI agent orchestration workflow for coding
Why Two IIT Engineers Turned Down $550K Jobs To Build A Startup1 insight
2026-05-29 · GigaML founder targets 90%+ support deflection with AI agents
How The Best Companies Defend Against Mediocrity And Rot8 insights
2026-05-22 · PBC + long-term benefit trust gives structural defense for AI safety mission
Zepto: How Two 17-Year-Olds Built India's Largest Seller Of Fruits and Vegetables1 insight
2026-05-19 · Zepto founder details dark store model driving 10x volume and advertising layer
Paul Graham, Founder of Y Combinator, Live from Stockholm1 insight
2026-05-13 · Graham: YC is the optimal vehicle for founders to absorb Silicon Valley advantages in 4-6…
Harshil Mathur: AI Is Compressing Every Moat2 insights
2026-05-06 · Razorpay CEO sees India payments market growing to $1T+ from $180B current GMV
Demis Hassabis: Agents, AGI & The Next Big Scientific Breakthrough3 insights
2026-04-29 · Hassabis: Isomorphic Labs advancing rapidly toward AI-designed drugs with big announcemen…
Replit's CEO On The Only Two Jobs Left In The Company Of The Future1 insight
2026-04-25 · Replit CEO outlines vision for AI-native development platform enabling non-technical crea…
How To Build A Company With AI From The Ground Up2 insights
2026-04-24 · Mutiny cited as model for AI-native skunkworks inside incumbents
The GPT Moment for Robotics Is Here3 insights
2026-04-16 · Physical Intelligence open-sources Pi Zero foundation model to enable Cambrian explosion…
BillionToOne Is Solving One of Biotech’s Hardest Problems1 insight
2026-04-06 · BillionToOne goes public at $4B+ valuation with 20% prenatal market share and liquid biop…
This Startup Catches Fraud at Scale1 insight
2026-03-31 · Variant emerges from stealth with $21M Series A to automate risk and compliance with AI a…
François Chollet: Why Scaling Alone Isn’t Enough for AGI1 insight
2026-03-27 · Chollet launches Indium to build symbolic program synthesis as alternative to deep learni…
AI Is Unlocking Millions Of New Builders1 insight
2026-03-16 · Emergent founders detail 7M apps in 8 months, 80% non-technical users
The Future Of Brain-Computer Interfaces3 insights
2026-03-09 · Science's Prima retinal prosthesis restores form vision in clinical trial, submitting for…
The Powerful Alternative To Fine-Tuning1 insight
2026-02-27 · Poetic's recursive self-improving harnesses beat fine-tuning at half the cost
The AI Agent Economy Is Here4 insights
2026-02-21 · Supabase sees database demand explosion as AI agents choose it for best documentation
OpenClaw Creator: Why 80% Of Apps Will Disappear1 insight
2026-02-07 · OpenClaw creator predicts 80% of apps will disappear as local AI agents replace them
The Truth About The AI Bubble11 insights
2025-12-22 · Jared remains long-term buy and hold on Nvidia despite near-term GPU capacity concerns
From Pivot Hell To $1.4 Billion Unicorn1 insight
2025-12-10 · PostHog raises $75M Series E at $1.4B valuation to build AI-driven product autonomy platf…
The Best Consumer Startup Ideas Were Impossible Until Now6 insights
2025-11-28 · Mike Mignano co-founds Obo Labs: AI-personalized education platform at obo.fyi