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Garry Tan: My AI existential risk 'p(doom)' score is 1%
“My PDOOM score is one percent. Like, I'm not totally, you know, unworried, right?”
Tan: YC passed on ADHD medication telehealth startup over ethical concerns
“There are lots of examples of, you know, maybe five or six years ago, there was a rash of telehealth companies that are focused on, for instance ADHD meds, and I distinctly remember one of our partners Gustav Alströmer, I, he met that team, and he said, you kn…”
Garry Tan: Screen time, Minecraft, and Roblox foster agency in children
“I'm actually personally pretty pro screens, and pro Minecraft and Roblox, and, you know, giving children, like, this sort of playground where they can exercise their own agency.”
Garry Tan: I didn't vote for Trump but I support the administration
“Even though I didn't vote for Trump, I am a 110%, you know, down for making America truly awesome.”
Tan: YC group partners read 1,000 to 1,500 applications per cycle
“Yeah, I mean, ultimately, the best thing that we can do is actually brute force read and on average, I think the group partner will read something like a thousand to 1500 applications for that cycle that they're working.”
Tan: YC general partners can pretty much fund whatever startups they want
“If you're a general partner at YC, you know, you pretty much can fund what you want”
Tan: YC-backed Leaping AI automates 80% of German wine merchant orders
“I funded a company in this very current batch that you know it's called Leaping AI. They are they are working with Some of the biggest wine merchants in Germany, which is fascinating. So, I mean, that's another fascinating thing. Like these things speak all hu…”