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Y Combinator Startup Podcast

by Y Combinator

The End of the Designer–Engineer Divide

12.12.2025 • 00:42:19

Head of Design Ryo Lu helped transform Cursor from a feature-layer on top of VS Code into one of the world's leading AI code editors.He joins YC's Aar...

From Pivot Hell To $1.4 Billion Unicorn

10.12.2025 • 00:38:46

In just a few years, James Hawkins took PostHog from an idea hacked together right before YC's W20 deadline to a unicorn powering product analytics fo...

The Best Consumer Startup Ideas Were "Impossible" Until Now

28.11.2025 • 00:39:35

Every major shift in consumer tech has a moment when it suddenly becomes accessible to millions. Michael Mignano helped spark one of those moments wit...

Cursor Head of Design Reviews Startup Websites

20.11.2025 • 00:35:34

Cursor Head of Design Ryo Lu has spent his career at the intersection of design and engineering—from building fan sites as a kid to designing products...

Inside The Startup Launching AI Into Space

13.11.2025 • 00:12:55

Starcloud recently made history by launching a satellite with an NVIDIA H100 into orbit — the first time a GPU that powerful has ever operated in spac...

How To Recruit The Best Engineers And Sales Reps

07.11.2025 • 00:43:20

Most founders think hiring is about interviewing. But it's actually about selling.For Startup School, Juicebox co-founder & CEO David Paffenholz joins...

From Idea to $650M Exit: Lessons in Building AI Startups

28.10.2025 • 00:39:24

Jake Heller is the co-founder & CEO of Casetext, the AI legal startup behind CoCounsel, which was acquired by Thomson Reuters for $650 million.In his ...

Transformers: The Discovery That Sparked the AI Revolution

23.10.2025 • 00:09:18

Nearly every modern AI model, from ChatGPT and Claude to Gemini and Grok, is built on the same foundation: the Transformer.In this video, YC's Ankit G...

YC Partners Answer Your Questions | Office Hours

21.10.2025 • 00:38:32

Every founder faces moments where they’re not sure what to do next — such as how to go to market with AI products, when to pivot, and who/when to hire...

What Everyone Is Getting Wrong About AI And Jobs

14.10.2025 • 00:08:00

For years, we've heard two major narratives about AI. One predicting the end of human work, the other dismissing it as hype. The truth is more nuanced...