Garry Tan

Growing up, my dad was always like, man, you got to stay away from politics.

But that was the vibe from like Asia, you know, from the 20th century.

Like that was what my parents were saying.

My grandfather, for instance, he ran silk factories in Yunnan in southern part of China, and then they were seized by, and the family had to flee.

Eight brothers and sisters had to flee to Burma.

And my grandfather rebuilt that business in Burma, and then it was seized again by the military junta.

And my grandfather died in Burma, but all eight brothers and sisters made it to Canada in the U.S.

as immigrants.

And so there's a long history of like America is the place where people who want to create and build come here.

Like immigration is a part of the story and it's a beautiful one and we got to preserve that.

And we also have to preserve the ability for people to create new businesses in America.

And for that, we actually also have to preserve the idea that starting a business is not bad or evil, but noble.

If you were 16 years old today, would you still go to Stanford for computer science or would you vibe code your first company?

Oh, man.

I'd probably try to go to Stanford at least for a couple of years.

And honestly, I don't know.

I think I might want to just do Stanford, man.

I think that's actually the hard question.

It was a great experience?

It was a great experience.