Garry Tan

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1,293 appearances 9 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 7 Aug

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Y Combinator Startup Podcast · Sam Altman: "Never a Better Time to Do a Startup" · 28 Jul 2026 podcast

I mean, I think you were one of the people who really brought hard tech to YC in a really grand way.

And then one of the things we're seeing at YC now is that number was, you know, maybe five or 10% for many years.

And then now we're getting to 15, 20, 25%.

I would argue on the back of how much easier it is to use agents and the cost coming down.

I mean, that's actually a really big reframe.

I mean, there are probably people even in this room who might be worried that, well, intelligence on tap means that, you know, they might be looking at a loop or my startup postures and they're like, well, I can't start that company anymore.

But guys, that was like,

a long time ago, actually.

what are some practical things here?

I mean, part tech, for instance, I was hearing, uh, you know, at one of the breaks, someone was asking like, should I go get my PhD?

How important are credentials?

Um, you know, how would you answer that?

Especially people who want to do these part or tech things?

I guess I want to get into the beginning of OpenAI and that it actually started as YC Research looking at this idea.

I mean, kind of a crazy idea that you and a ragtag crew decided we're going to dedicate our lives to this creation of AGI.

But today it sounds fait accompli, right?

Yeah.

But that really wasn't how it felt when you started.

They will eventually.

This is like a huge superpower.

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