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Karri Saarinen is the co-founder and CEO of Linear, the issue tracking tool used by thousands of high-growth companies. Before Linear, he was the first designer at Coinbase and later a lead designer at Airbnb.On Design Review with YC's Aaron Epstein,... more

Paul Gross and his team at Remora are trying to do something that’s never been done before.

They're building mobile carbon capture devices for commercial trucks and trains—capturing CO2 from moving vehicles before it enters the atmosphere, then turn... more

Jordan Fisher is the co-founder & CEO of Standard AI and now leads an AI alignment research team at Anthropic. In his talk at AI Startup School on June 17th, 2025, he frames the future of startups through questions rather than answers—asking how foun... more

Ever wonder what it actually takes to train a frontier AI model?YC General Partner Ankit Gupta sits down with Nick Joseph, Anthropic's Head of Pre-training, to explore the engineering challenges behind training Claude—from managing thousands of GPUs ... more

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Jesse Pollak
Founder of Base, a platform for trading and managing crypto assets.
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Episode: Fintech 3.0: Now Is The Best Time To Build In Crypto
Amjad Masad
Founder and CEO of Replit
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Episode: Replit CEO Amjad Masad: Coding Agents, Autonomy, and the Future of Work
Kirsten Green
Co-founder and managing partner of Forerunner Ventures, a legendary investor in consumer startups.
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Episode: Legendary Consumer VC Predicts The Future Of AI Products
Derek Thompson
Staff writer at The Atlantic and host of podcast Plain English.
The Atlantic
Episode: Why America Stopped Innovating - And How We Can Start Again
Dylan Field
Co-founder and CEO of Figma, used for collaborative design.
Figma
Episode: The Future Of Design With Figma's Dylan Field
Aravind Srinivas
Co-founder and CEO of Perplexity
Perplexity
Episode: How To Build The Future: Aravind Srinivas
Chandan Lodha
Co-founder of CoinTracker, the gold standard for crypto portfolio management and taxes
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Episode: How to Survive the Crypto Boom & Bust Cycle | Main Function

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Diana
Host of the Y Combinator Startup Podcast.
James
Host of the Y Combinator Startup Podcast and Co-host.

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4.7 out of 5 stars from 1.2k ratings
  • Everyone is yc

    Thanks yc i always believe the future is bright, everytime hearing or reading about startups

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Goldenretrieverr
    Indonesia4 months ago
  • Eh

    YC used to be run by actual builders and founders

    Now it’s run by PM’s who got lucky at some tech startup and write substack articles for a living

    Not much to learn from this podcast

    Apple Podcasts
    1
    JJkollins
    United States4 months ago
  • Huge ground-based knowledge

    Podcast Addict
    5
    OSCAR ORO
    a year ago
  • Audio

    Guys your audio sucks. Get new equipment

    Apple Podcasts
    3
    Mavrik19
    Canadaa year ago
  • the laughing

    laughing that sounds this annoying can only be emitted from snarky venture capitalists

    Apple Podcasts
    1
    jondwillis
    United States2 years ago

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Every AI Founder Should Be Asking These Questions
Q: How do you think about alignment at an individual level of individual users?
Users have values, and discovering and honoring those values is important; you want to ensure that user preferences are respected.
Every AI Founder Should Be Asking These Questions
Q: In a world where AGI is coming, should the most singular important question be, what idea is the most defensible against AGI?
Defensibility is one of the key questions, and it could determine whether the thing you're building will survive significant changes over the next few months.
Fintech 3.0: Now Is The Best Time To Build In Crypto
Q: How should US-centric builders think about the opportunities to build in stable coins right now?
They should explore every part of the financial system that can be turned into programmable smart contracts, seeking to replace complex legacy systems with simpler, efficient alternatives.
Fintech 3.0: Now Is The Best Time To Build In Crypto
Q: What exactly has changed in the crypto space that makes it feasible to build technology today that wasn't possible even five or six years ago?
Chains have matured significantly, bringing costs down massively while providing a strong decentralized platform for application development.
The Future of Software Creation with Replit CEO Amjad Masad
Q: What kind of opportunities should we look out for?
Join startups as early as possible to gain generalist experience by being involved from an early stage.

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A series dedicated to empowering entrepreneurs and innovators, featuring in-depth conversations with founders and experts across diverse technology domains. The episodes explore fundamentals of startup development, from constructing artificial intelligence applications to navigating the complexities of consumer markets. Special attention is given to actionable insights, emerging trends, and the importance of design in product development, making it a valuable resource for founders seeking practical advice and inspiration from successful industry leaders. Unique among its peers, the focus on real-world applications and the transformative impact of AI technologies sets it apart, appealing particularly to those interested in the intersection o... more

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