Y Combinator Startup Podcast

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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, and tactics from the frontlines.

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How To Build The Future: Paul Graham & Amjad Masad

2026-11-07 · 44 min

Replit was building toward the AI coding era years before it had a name. In 2024, the company shipped an agent that could take a request in plain English, work through errors, provision its own infrastructure, and keep…
How To Go From Researcher to Founder

2026-11-04 · 10 min

Google, Anthropic, and Databricks were all started by founders with PhDs. But they’re exceptions to the rule. Many of the instincts that help researchers succeed in academia can often work against them when building a…
What Happens When Everyone Can Build Software

2026-10-30 · 49 min

Supabase has become one of the default backends for the AI coding era. The open source Postgres platform now has 13 million users, spins up more than a million databases every week, and roughly 70% of its new activity…
The New Full-Stack Designer

2026-10-28 · 1 hr 6 min

Marvin Schwaibold leads the product design studio at Shopify, where his team is rethinking some of the company’s most important products for the AI era. Before Shopify, he co-founded the design studio Molly, working…
This Is How You Should Actually Make Launch Videos

2026-10-23 · 47 min

There’s a misconception that a successful launch video needs to cost tens of thousands of dollars and feel like a high-production commercial. But Farza Majeed has a different approach.Farza is the founder of Clicky and…
How To Stand Out In A World Of AI Designs

2026-10-22 · 48 min

Magic Patterns (YC W23) is one of the fastest-growing design tools in AI, helping product teams turn ideas into interactive, code-backed prototypes in minutes. Alex Danilowicz and his co-founder, both front-end…
Robot-Use Agents: Why General-Purpose Models May Win in Robotics

2026-09-26 · 30 min

One of the biggest surprises in AI over the last few years has been how well coding agents generalize beyond software. In a recent essay, MIT professor Philip Isola argued that we may be entering the era of robot-use…
The State of Startups in 2026

2026-09-18 · 36 min

YC works with thousands of founders every year, which gives us an early look at how startups are changing. Right now, the shift is striking: startups are moving from bits to atoms, nearly one in five YC companies has a…
8 Ways To Improve Your Outbound Sales

2026-09-13 · 13 min

The best outbound starts before you automate anything. Founders need to learn who actually has the problem, what gets their attention, and what makes them reply. YC Visiting Partner Christina Gilbert recommends doing at…
Open Models Change The Economics of AI

2026-09-12 · 57 min

Ollama (YC W21) is used by 9 million developers and 85% of the Fortune 500, giving co-founder and CEO Jeffrey Morgan a unique view into which AI models people are actually using and how that’s changing.Right now, the…

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Oldest episode in feed: 05/2017 · over 9 years
Typical length: 39 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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