Garry Tan: Brex is YC's Deepest AI Enterprise Adopter
Garry Tan · The Most AI-Pilled CEO We Know · Y Combinator · Jun 10, 2026 · at 0:47
Garry Tan, President and CEO of Y Combinator, introduces Brex co-founder and CEO Pedro Franceschi on the Lightcone podcast.
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“Brex has gone deeper on AI than almost any enterprise company we know.”
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