gary

T2 · manager / operator

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.

2 calls·2 names·100% bull·last heard 2 months ago·Y Combinator
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$PLOYPloyposition

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

Ploy's AI-driven marketing automation — combining website generation, SEO, and agent-ready infrastructure — solves a critical pain point for founders who lack marketing expertise, making it a default choice for early-stage companies.

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$AGENT-MAILAgent Mailposition

Agent Mail explodes as first email infrastructure built natively for AI agents

Traditional email providers intentionally block automation; Agent Mail built the first agent-native inbox, enabling OpenClaw and other agents to authenticate and communicate — a foundational primitive for the emerging agent economy.

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Agent Mail
HIGHgary·Y Combinator·6 months ago· position
Agent Mail explodes as first email infrastructure built natively for AI agents
Traditional email providers intentionally block automation; Agent Mail built the first agent-native inbox, enabling OpenClaw and other agents to authenticate and communicate — a foundational primitive for the emerging agent economy.
"There's a YC company called Agent Mail that makes inboxes for AI agents. And when they first started doing this, it seemed like it was like a very like on the edge kind of idea an…"
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Ploy
HIGHgary·Y Combinator·2 months ago· position
YC CEO endorses Ploy as must-use marketing platform for startups
Ploy's AI-driven marketing automation — combining website generation, SEO, and agent-ready infrastructure — solves a critical pain point for founders who lack marketing expertise, making it a default choice for early-stage companies.
"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."
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