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Alexandr Wang: “This is a Once-in-a-Civilization Opportunity” · Y Combinator Jul 29, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 12:24 Alexandr Wang I think, uh, you know, Patrick mentioned it, but, you know, we don't believe in this totalizing, you know, totalitarian view of, you know, AIs that control the world.

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

  • ▶ 22:55 Garry Tan I mean, I like this as a contrast to, uh, the story you just told about helping Patrick with Greg Brockman.

How Stripe Built Their New Website · Y Combinator Apr 22, 2026 · 7 mentions

  • ▶ 5:27 Katie Dill I remember being in a meeting where Patrick asked, like, well, what is the point of a website?
  • ▶ 21:44 Katie Dill And of course, you know, Patrick is, 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 22:20 Katie Dill Usually, well, for something like this, Patrick was definitely a part of the decision-making process, and so usually, you know, with the team, we will look at quite a large range, then we will down select to, you know, a subset of those,… 4 times in the scene

The FDE Playbook for AI Startups with Bob McGrew · Y Combinator Sep 8, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 34:59 Harj Taggar Um, we have this concept of like the Collison install, which is essentially we boil it down to don't wait for people to turn up to your website, like go to them and get them to like install the software.

The Finance Startup Bringing Agentic AI to Wall Street · Y Combinator Jul 31, 2025 · 3 mentions

From A Pivot To Building A $9.6 Billion Payroll Company · Y Combinator Mar 18, 2025 · 1 mention

Vibe Coding Is The Future · Y Combinator Mar 5, 2025 · 1 mention

Why Design Matters: Lessons from Stripe, Lyft and Airbnb · Y Combinator Oct 16, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 6:13 Katie Dill And then, you know, the Collison brothers is that it is so fundamental to how they think about building and that they first and foremost care about who are the users, what do they need, how are they going to do it, and how do we build…

Why Investors Can’t Fix Your Company – Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel · Y Combinator Feb 23, 2022 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 3:35 Dalton Caldwell I mean, remember Patrick Collison was talking about this when he came to speaking to Baths recently, where he's like, listen, let me be, let me be blunt.

A CS Education That's Free Until You Get a Job - Austen Allred of Lambda School · Y Combinator Apr 3, 2019 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 0:42 Austen Allred Um, and you know, I think Patrick Coulson said something along the lines of, you know, if you think about it, the highest leverage activity any human can have is inspiring other humans to do what they're capable of.

After PMF: People, Customers, Sales by Mathilde Collin · Y Combinator Oct 24, 2018 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 13:49 Mathilde Collin So at least I can tell you, um, one piece of advice that I got from Patrick Collison, the CEO of Stripe, um, that I thought was super insightful. 2 times in the scene

The Path to $100B by Paul Buchheit · Y Combinator Oct 24, 2018 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 49:17 Paul Buchheit So, like, that was how, like, the very early Stripe installs, Patrick Collison would show up and integrate Stripe into your code.

Mathilde Collin on Feature Prioritization and Employee Retention at Front · Y Combinator Oct 3, 2018 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 26:51 Mathilde Collin So, um, one advice that Patrick Oleson gave me when I was hiring our first employees was 2 times in the scene

Fermat's Library Cofounders João Batalha and Luís Batalha · Y Combinator Jul 6, 2018 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 39:31 unnamed speaker Something like what Patrick Collison was talking about in this thread, where he basically says, I'd pay a lot more for books if I could see the highlights, annotations, and marginalia of friends or people I follow.

Your Whole Goal Is to Not Quit - Courtland Allen of Indie Hackers · Y Combinator Sep 25, 2017 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 56:05 Courtland Allen Like the email,, the email came completely out of the blue from Patrick. 3 times in the scene

Jessica Livingston : How to Build the Future · Y Combinator Aug 30, 2016 · 7 mentions

  • ▶ 13:58 Sam Altman Just because that story was so interesting, what was it like when you met the Collison brothers? 6 times in the scene
  • ▶ 16:31 Jessica Livingston Are, are good, um, and in fact Patrick was from MIT, but, um, it's, it's not true for the most part.
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