One of the most unexpected things about YC is how long we continue helping the founders. Even though we're generally the first investors, we...

The reason UK universities demand more equity than US universities in "spin outs" is not that they're tougher negotiators. It's that they're...

We're about to enter a period where not reading or writing becomes as ubiquitous as smoking once was. We can hope people will eventually rea...

Established companies will at best adapt to AI. Newly founded startups will be AI-native from the start. This is an interesting example of a...

Someone asked what was the best way to get hired by a startup. I told him it was to start one and then hire himself.

To publish something on a paywalled site is to make it invisible. If AIs can't find it, then for all practical purposes it doesn't exist. T...

Why is speaking of words "doing work" and "doing heavy lifting" so common in AI-generated replies? I assume this phase will pass, but how di...

With the Man, Ron Conway.

Founders are often puzzled when investors reject them for what seem like stupid reasons. There are two possible explanations: (a) the invest...

10x a year for 3 years? I've seen a lot of growth, and that is truly exceptional. It's not unusual for startups to grow 10x in a year, but t...

Last year's April Fool's joke is this year's reality (except for the name of the problem obviously). https://twitter.com/wtgowers/status/190...

The Tesla Model 3 with FSD is mind-blowing. Jessica and I drove to the gym without touching the controls once. It backed out of our driveway...

One question founders always ask when we speak at YC is: How much of the standard startup advice still applies in the age of AI? At this poi...

If customers won't buy your stuff, try asking what they would buy. This sounds obvious, but surprisingly few founders do it, and it often yi...

Did office hours yesterday with a very smart but nerdy founder. When I suggested he might want a more outgoing cofounder to do sales, he sai...

Did office hours yesterday with a very smart but nerdy founder. When I suggested he might want a more outgoing cofounder to do sales, he sai...

Talked to someone recently who knows a lot about defense tech, and he made an interesting point: the test of most military hardware right no...

Amazon banning agents is the first opportunity I've seen since Amazon was founded for a startup to create an Amazon competitor. People will ...

When you talk to successful founders, they always wish they'd hired fewer top managers from outside. I don't think I've ever met a founder w...

Talking to Amjad yesterday, I realized Replit is more important than I'd previously thought. It's the way AI pervades organizations. Organiz...