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Y Combinator Startup Podcast

Y Combinator Startup Podcast

We help founders make something people want. The Y Combinator Podcast is where builders talk about building. From the earliest days of an idea to scaling a company that changes the world, YC partners and founders share real stories, lessons…

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8 Ways To Improve Your Outbound Sales
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8 Ways To Improve Your Outbound Sales
Sep 13, 2026 · 12m
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Open Models Change The Economics of AI
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Open Models Change The Economics of AI
Sep 12, 2026 · 57m
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Paul Graham On Startups, Ambition, and Great Founders
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Paul Graham On Startups, Ambition, and Great Founders
Sep 05, 2026 · 21m
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The World’s Largest Electric Aircraft Just Flew
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The World’s Largest Electric Aircraft Just Flew
Sep 04, 2026 · 14m
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Max Junestrand: You Need The Willingness To Learn Faster Than Anyone Else
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Max Junestrand: You Need The Willingness To Learn Faster Than Anyone Else
Aug 29, 2026 · 59m
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Susan Kare: Designing Icons & Graphics For the Original Mac
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Susan Kare: Designing Icons & Graphics For the Original Mac
Aug 28, 2026 · 51m
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Chelsea Finn: This is the State of the Art in Robotics
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Chelsea Finn: This is the State of the Art in Robotics
Aug 13, 2026 · 58m
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Peter Steinberger: "Fun Is Velocity"
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Peter Steinberger: "Fun Is Velocity"
Aug 11, 2026 · 41m
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Max Hodak: How Startups Build Speed
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Max Hodak: How Startups Build Speed
Aug 10, 2026 · 57m
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How To Design In The Agent Era
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How To Design In The Agent Era
Aug 07, 2026 · 56m
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Garry Tan: Own Your Intelligence
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Garry Tan: Own Your Intelligence
Aug 06, 2026 · 42m
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Building the First Data Centers in Space
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Building the First Data Centers in Space
Aug 05, 2026 · 36m
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Waymo Co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov: "Move Fast And Ship Safely"
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Waymo Co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov: "Move Fast And Ship Safely"
Aug 04, 2026 · 49m
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Patrick Collison: "What If You Succeed?"
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Patrick Collison: "What If You Succeed?"
Aug 03, 2026 · 30m
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Jeff Dean: The 1% Rule for Building in AI
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Jeff Dean: The 1% Rule for Building in AI
Aug 01, 2026 · 57m
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Alexandr Wang: “This is a Once-in-a-Civilization Opportunity”
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Alexandr Wang: “This is a Once-in-a-Civilization Opportunity”
Jul 31, 2026 · 32m
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Blake Scholl: Breaking the Supersonic Ban
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Blake Scholl: Breaking the Supersonic Ban
Jul 29, 2026 · 50m
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Sam Altman: "Never a Better Time to Do a Startup"
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Sam Altman: "Never a Better Time to Do a Startup"
Jul 28, 2026 · 39m
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Boris Cherny: Building Claude Code
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Boris Cherny: Building Claude Code
Jul 28, 2026 · 36m
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Jensen Huang: The Mindset That Built NVIDIA
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Jensen Huang: The Mindset That Built NVIDIA
Jul 27, 2026 · 48m
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World Models, Explained
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World Models, Explained
Jul 17, 2026 · 1h 14m
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How To Better Understand Your Users
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How To Better Understand Your Users
Jul 09, 2026 · 13m
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Why Domain Experts Are Winning In The Age Of AI
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Why Domain Experts Are Winning In The Age Of AI
Jun 19, 2026 · 42m
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How To Pick A Startup Idea
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How To Pick A Startup Idea
Jun 17, 2026 · 11m
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"The CEO Must Be the Chief AI Officer"
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"The CEO Must Be the Chief AI Officer"
Jun 10, 2026 · 54m
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How to Build an AI-Native Services Company
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How to Build an AI-Native Services Company
Jun 03, 2026 · 11m
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How To Build Superintelligence Inside Your Company
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How To Build Superintelligence Inside Your Company
May 27, 2026 · 46m
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How The Best Companies Defend Against Mediocrity And Rot
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How The Best Companies Defend Against Mediocrity And Rot
May 25, 2026 · 50m
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Paul Graham: Should you move to Silicon Valley?
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Paul Graham: Should you move to Silicon Valley?
May 13, 2026 · 21m
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Tokenmaxxing: How Top Builders Use AI To Do The Work Of 400 Engineers
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Tokenmaxxing: How Top Builders Use AI To Do The Work Of 400 Engineers
May 08, 2026 · 41m
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Beyond Bigger Models: Recursion As The Next Scaling Law In AI
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Beyond Bigger Models: Recursion As The Next Scaling Law In AI
May 01, 2026 · 37m
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How to Build the Future: Demis Hassabis
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How to Build the Future: Demis Hassabis
Apr 29, 2026 · 40m
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The $9B Startup That Wants to Create a Billion New Developers
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The $9B Startup That Wants to Create a Billion New Developers
Apr 25, 2026 · 39m
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The Playbook For Building An AI Native Company
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The Playbook For Building An AI Native Company
Apr 24, 2026 · 10m
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Stripe Head of Design Katie Dill Breaks Down Their New Website
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Stripe Head of Design Katie Dill Breaks Down Their New Website
Apr 22, 2026 · 43m
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The GPT Moment for Robotics Is Here
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The GPT Moment for Robotics Is Here
Apr 16, 2026 · 49m
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This Startup Wants To Catch Cancer Before It Spreads
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This Startup Wants To Catch Cancer Before It Spreads
Apr 06, 2026 · 20m
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This Startup Secretly Detects Fraud For Fortune 500s
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This Startup Secretly Detects Fraud For Fortune 500s
Mar 31, 2026 · 31m
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How François Chollet Is Building A New Path To AGI
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How François Chollet Is Building A New Path To AGI
Mar 27, 2026 · 57m
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Inside The Startup Reinventing America’s Trillion Dollar Chemical Industry
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Inside The Startup Reinventing America’s Trillion Dollar Chemical Industry
Mar 20, 2026 · 13m
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Building A Global AI Startup From India
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Building A Global AI Startup From India
Mar 16, 2026 · 39m
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The Future Of Brain-Computer Interfaces with Science's Max Hodak
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The Future Of Brain-Computer Interfaces with Science's Max Hodak
Mar 09, 2026 · 53m
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How To Avoid AI Design Slop
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How To Avoid AI Design Slop
Mar 06, 2026 · 37m
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The Fastest Path To Super Intelligence
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The Fastest Path To Super Intelligence
Feb 27, 2026 · 19m
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The AI Agent Economy Is Here
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The AI Agent Economy Is Here
Feb 21, 2026 · 23m
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Inside Claude Code With Its Creator Boris Cherny
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Inside Claude Code With Its Creator Boris Cherny
Feb 17, 2026 · 50m
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The New Way To Build A Startup
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The New Way To Build A Startup
Feb 14, 2026 · 7m
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OpenClaw And The Future Of Personal AI Agents
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OpenClaw And The Future Of Personal AI Agents
Feb 07, 2026 · 22m
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We're All Addicted To Claude Code
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We're All Addicted To Claude Code
Feb 06, 2026 · 45m
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How To Get Your First Customers
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How To Get Your First Customers
Jan 14, 2026 · 5m
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Inside The Startup Building Reusable Rockets
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Inside The Startup Building Reusable Rockets
Jan 08, 2026 · 15m
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What Surprised Us Most In 2025
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What Surprised Us Most In 2025
Dec 22, 2025 · 30m
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How Intelligent Is AI, Really?
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How Intelligent Is AI, Really?
Dec 17, 2025 · 11m
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The End of the Designer–Engineer Divide
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The End of the Designer–Engineer Divide
Dec 12, 2025 · 42m
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From Pivot Hell To $1.4 Billion Unicorn
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From Pivot Hell To $1.4 Billion Unicorn
Dec 10, 2025 · 38m
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The Best Consumer Startup Ideas Were "Impossible" Until Now
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The Best Consumer Startup Ideas Were "Impossible" Until Now
Nov 28, 2025 · 39m
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Cursor Head of Design Reviews Startup Websites
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Cursor Head of Design Reviews Startup Websites
Nov 20, 2025 · 35m
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