Y Combinator

also referred to as: yc

8 statements across 4 episodes · 5 bullish · 0 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jul 19, 2023 by Sam Altman · across every show →

Everything said about Y Combinator, oldest first

Jul 19, 2023 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Altman: Loopt was the first company ever funded by Y Combinator
“We're actually the first company ever funded by YC.”
Sam Altman Jul 19, 2023 ▶ 18:51 OpenAI's Sam Altman: Customer love is all you need | Masters of Scale
Jul 19, 2023 bullish
Disclosure
Altman: Y Combinator's software model can scale to AI, bio, and energy
“YC was mostly funding software companies, but I had a lot of conviction that we could apply the same thing that made YC work so well for software companies to companies in a lot of the areas that I cared about. AI, synthetic biology, energy.”
Sam Altman Jul 19, 2023 ▶ 35:24 OpenAI's Sam Altman: Customer love is all you need | Masters of Scale
Aug 29, 2023 positive
Assertion Supported
Grazer: Sam Altman helped model Imagine Impact after Y Combinator
“It was completely modeled after Y Combinator. And in fact, Sam Altman and Paul Graham were great help.”
Brian Grazer Aug 29, 2023 ▶ 28:08 Brian Grazer: Scale your curiosity | Masters of Scale
May 16, 2024 positive
Insight
Duckworth: Founders should join formal peer communities or incubators like YC
“The number one action step is, like, you should be in a formal community of other founders, right? I think this is why I'm a big fan of incubators, especially the ones that are, you know, well, well-designed, like Y Combinator. Like, there, there's a power in …”
Angela Duckworth May 16, 2024 ▶ 54:57 Angela Duckworth on her new book, the limits of grit, and her advice to founders | Masters of Scale
Dec 5, 2024 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Wang: Sam Altman Backed Flex Despite Knowing Little About Periods
“I interviewed with Sam Altman, and I remember Sam was like, I don't know a lot about periods, but it seems like a really big space, and it seems like there's not been any innovation, and I think you're gonna be the person to do this.”
Lauren Wang Dec 5, 2024 ▶ 16:39 How The Flex Company disrupted menstrual care (with founder & CEO Lauren Wang) | Masters of Scale
Dec 5, 2024 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Wang: Steve Cohen offered Flex $200,000 on the spot at YC
“I have this guy walk by, go, I'll give you 200 K and walk away. And someone was like, that's Steve Cohen.”
Lauren Wang Dec 5, 2024 ▶ 20:42 How The Flex Company disrupted menstrual care (with founder & CEO Lauren Wang) | Masters of Scale
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