3/9/20 - I joined YC’s software team. covid just hit the us so we decided to make demo day remote.
3/16/20 - covid lockdown and the FIRST ever remote dd (w20).
9/26/24 - I presented my own startup at YC’s smoothest and also LAST remote demo day (s24).
we’ve come full circle 😄
We’re excited to announce the first YC Generative AI Co-Founder Meetup on December 17th. Join us!
If you’re interested in using generative AI to drive innovation and want to meet other potential co-founders who share your passion, register to attend:
YC S24's
@simpleailab
is what Siri should be. They make it 10x easier for you to use your favorite consumer apps.
Congrats on the launch,
@Zach_Kamran
and
@catheryn_li
!
We’re excited to announce Y Combinator’s co-founder matching platform is now available for everyone through Startup School, our free online program and community for founders!
employee benefit: monthly fun stipend to spend on anything
@simpleailab
is capable of booking. if you want to spend stipend on something Simple can’t do yet you’ll have to build it 🤭
One lesson learned and implemented from
@ycombinator
S24 retreat.
Andrew Miklas (
@pagerduty
) used to co-work with users to deeply understand their needs.
Taking a page from his book, we
@mem0ai
just had an insightful session with
@Zach_Kamran
and
@catheryn_li
.
Key takeaway:
it’s crazy how ingrained phone workflows are. the increased animation speed for swiping between screens or opening / closing apps in ios 18 is literally giving me motion sickness
Less than 1 week until the YC Build Sprint kickoff! 4 weeks of concentrated progress & the chance to win one of 20 $10k equity-free grants. Register here:
Becoming co-founders with someone you just met is a terrible idea! That's not what co-founder dating is. We don't encourage anyone to skip the hard work of building a relationship.
Surveillance video of Sunday's shooting & killing of an elderly Asian woman in an attempted robbery in Oakland's Little Saigon. Suspect car parked/waited on 5th Ave near E 11th St for 30-45 mins before victim car pulled up. 2 cam angles of the shooting.
@KPIXtv
@BettyKPIX
Join our YC Build Sprint August 24-September 20 to track your goals, find a peer group and be considered to win one of 20 $10k equity-free grants for participants:
Decision Desk HQ projects that
@JoeBiden
has won Pennsylvania and its 20 electoral college votes for a total of 273.
Joe Biden has been elected the 46th President of the United States of America.
Race called at 11-06 08:50 AM EST
All Results:
You may need to do many trials with many people, but that's how it is. Building a co-founder relationship is hard, but important, and you should be ready to put in the work. We just help you find the right people!
it’s crazy how ingrained phone workflows are. the increased animation speed for swiping between screens or opening / closing apps in ios 18 is literally giving me motion sickness
We encourage you to meet, ask hard questions (what motivates you? what does success mean?), and work together on a time-boxed, trial project to get a sense of compatibility by actually building something together.
The world needs more women-led companies! On November 18th, join
@ycombinator
for our first Future Founder Conference, a virtual event for women globally and learn how to start a startup from inspiring entrepreneurs:
#womenfounders
#startups