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Sam Altman: "Never a Better Time to Do a Startup" · Y Combinator Jul 28, 2026 · 1 mention

Demis Hassabis: Agents, AGI & The Next Big Scientific Breakthrough · Y Combinator Apr 29, 2026 · 1 mention

AI Is Unlocking Millions Of New Builders · Y Combinator Mar 16, 2026 · 1 mention

Inside The Startup Building Reusable Rockets · Y Combinator Jan 8, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 0:27 Tom Feldman I think if you have something that can go up and come back to the place where you want it to go, when you want it to go, I think it is like the iPhone app store moment.

The Best Consumer Startup Ideas Were Impossible Until Now · Y Combinator Nov 28, 2025 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 1:59 Mike Mignano But at the time, uh, if you remember, like everything that was launching on Product Hunt or the App Store around the time, it was all social networks.
  • ▶ 23:04 Mike Mignano So, I think it's still like number one in the app store.

How David Lieb Turned a Failing Startup Into Google Photos | Backstory · Y Combinator Dec 18, 2024 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 3:04 David Lieb Submitted it to the App Store for approval. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 5:29 David Lieb Throughout the batch, the product kept growing, and by the time demo day came around in August, we were actually the number two app on the entire app store.

How To Build The Future: Sam Altman · Y Combinator Nov 8, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 31:02 Garry Tan And then, uh, one of the harder parts of it was we didn't have the App Store, the iPhone didn't exist, uh, you ended up being a big part of that launch, I think.

The Secrets To Setting Smarter Goals · Y Combinator Jan 11, 2023 · 2 mentions

Advice on Organizing and Running Growth Teams from Dan Hockenmaier and Gustaf Alströmer · Y Combinator Jun 26, 2019 · 1 mention

Jeremy Rossmann of Make School on Income Share Agreements and the Future of College · Y Combinator Jun 19, 2019 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 15:49 Jeremy Rossmann I was a student who was at the cusp, you know, learning how to program at the cusp of the app store revolution.

Tracy Young on Scaling PlanGrid to 400+ People with YC Partner Kat Manalac · Y Combinator Jun 12, 2019 · 1 mention

Karn Saroya on the Capital-Light Way to Start an Insurance Business · Y Combinator Feb 27, 2019 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 9:21 Karn Saroya Stylekick itself was, uh, you know, uh, featured in just about every market, uh, you know, on the app store, on the front page repeatedly.
  • ▶ 17:36 Karn Saroya So the app store, Google play.

Brian Donohue on Operating Instapaper Through an Acquisition · Y Combinator Nov 14, 2018 · 9 mentions

  • ▶ 0:42 Craig Cannon App Store. 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 7:50 Brian Donohue And they had launched, ah, iOS and Android applications for free in the App Store.
  • ▶ 11:18 Brian Donohue Um, uh, and then the third one was Instapaper and Instapaper was this pretty prestigious application that was like long time in the app store. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 56:20 Brian Donohue I think only if you exceed the App Store mobile download limit.

Michael Seibel - Building Product · Y Combinator Sep 5, 2018 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 42:06 Michael Seibel Now, we would run these cycles every two weeks at SocialCam, because back then, um, submitting to the App Store took longer.

Gaming Studio Founders - Patrick Moberg and Holly Liu · Y Combinator Apr 27, 2018 · 1 mention

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