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 comp...

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The State of Startups in 2026 contributed by Lukas · 7 days ago

8 Ways To Improve Your Outbound Sales contributed by Lukas · 12 days ago

Open Models Change The Economics of AI contributed by Lukas · 13 days ago

Paul Graham On Startups, Ambition, and Great Founders contributed by Lukas · 20 days ago

The World’s Largest Electric Aircraft Just Flew contributed by Lukas · 21 days ago

Max Junestrand: You Need The Willingness To Learn Faster Than Anyone Else 1 h 00 min · contributed by Lukas · 27 days ago

Susan Kare: Designing Icons & Graphics For the Original Mac 52 min · contributed by Lukas · 28 days ago

Chelsea Finn: This is the State of the Art in Robotics 58 min · contributed by Lukas · Aug 13

Peter Steinberger: "Fun Is Velocity" 42 min · contributed by Lukas · Aug 11

Max Hodak: How Startups Build Speed 57 min · contributed by Lukas · Aug 10

How To Design In The Agent Era 56 min · Stephen Haney, Aaron Epstein, Garry Tan · contributed by Lukas · Aug 7

Garry Tan: Own Your Intelligence 42 min · Garry Tan · contributed by Lukas · Aug 6

Building the First Data Centers in Space 36 min · Philip Johnston, Garry Tan, Diana Hu · contributed by Lukas · Aug 5

Waymo Co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov: "Move Fast And Ship Safely" 49 min · contributed by Lukas · Aug 4

Patrick Collison: "What If You Succeed?" 31 min · Patrick Collison, Harj Taggar · contributed by Lukas · Aug 3

Jeff Dean: The 1% Rule for Building in AI 57 min · Jeff Dean, Diana Hu · contributed by Lukas · Aug 1

Alexandr Wang: “This is a Once-in-a-Civilization Opportunity” 32 min · Alexandr Wang, Garry Tan · contributed by Lukas · Jul 31

Blake Scholl: Breaking the Supersonic Ban 50 min · Blake Scholl · contributed by Lukas · Jul 29

Sam Altman: "Never a Better Time to Do a Startup" 39 min · Sam Altman, Garry Tan · contributed by Lukas · Jul 28

Boris Cherny: Building Claude Code 36 min · Boris Cherny, Diana Hu · contributed by Lukas · Jul 28

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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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As of 2026-09-21, Y Combinator Startup Podcast ranks #175 on Apple Podcasts in India, and appears on charts in 1 country.

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