Y Combinator Startup Podcast

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We help founders make something people want. The Y Combinator Podcast is where builders talk about building. From the earliest days of an idea to scaling a company that changes the world, YC partners and founders share real stories, lessons, and tactics from the frontlines.

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Aug 18, 2017 · 44 min
#27 - The CEO Who Pays Employees to De-Locate From the Bay
Wade Foster is the CEO of Zapier (YC S12). Read the transcript and their de-location post here.
Aug 16, 2017 · 27 min
#26 - Founders of Science Exchange, Goldbely, and The Flex Company Discuss Fundraising
During the Female Founders Conference Kat Manalac invited three YC founders on stage to share their experiences of fundraising. The founders are Elizabeth Iorns of Science Exchange, Vanessa Torrivilla of Goldbely, and Erica Jensen of The Flex Company.
Aug 11, 2017 · 30 min
#25 - Baidu's AI Lab Director on Advancing Speech Recognition and Simulation
Adam Coates is the Director of Baidu's Silicon Valley AI Lab. Read the transcript here.
Aug 9, 2017 · 21 min
#24 - Padmasree Warrior on Designing Autonomous Vehicles - With Anu Hariharan at the Female Founders Conference
Padmasree Warrior is the CEO of NIO. Anu Hariharan is a Partner at YC Continuity.
Aug 4, 2017 · 24 min
#23 - VMware Cofounder Diane Greene with Jessica Livingston at the Female Founders Conference
Diane Greene is SVP of Google Cloud and she was also the CEO and cofounder of VMware. Jessica Livingston is cofounder of YC.
Aug 2, 2017 · 26 min
#22 - Morgan DeBaun on Reaching 20M Millennials - With Kat Manalac at the Female Founders Conference
Morgan DeBaun is the founder and CEO of Blavity. Kat Manalac is a Partner at YC.
Jul 26, 2017 · 27 min
#21 - Emily Weiss on the Insights That Grew Glossier - With Amy Buechler at the Female Founders Conference
Emily Weiss is the founder and CEO of Glossier. Amy Buechler is Batch Director at YC. Video and transcript are on the YC blog.
Jul 21, 2017 · 44 min
#20 - Making Music and Art Through Machine Learning - Doug Eck of Magenta
Doug Eck is a research scientist at Google and he’s working on Magenta, a project making music and art through machine learning. If you want to learn more you can check out Magenta.Tensorflow.org
Jul 19, 2017 · 53 min
#19 - Blockchain Investing - Olaf Carlson-Wee and Aaron Harris
Olaf Carlson-Wee is the founder and CEO of Polychain Capital. Aaron Harris is a Partner at YC.
Jul 14, 2017 · 22 min
#18 - Q&A with YC Partners at the Female Founders Conference
This Q&A was recorded at our fourth annual Female Founders Conference. Partners: Kat Manalac, Jessica Livingston, Adora Cheung, Anu Hariharan, Carolynn Levy, and Kirsty Nathoo.
Jul 12, 2017 · 26 min
#17 - Aileen Lee and Kirsty Nathoo at the Female Founders Conference
Aileen Lee is the founder of Cowboy Ventures. Kirsty Nathoo is CFO and a Partner at Y Combinator.
Jul 7, 2017 · 25 min
#16 - Mark Zuckerberg on How to Build the Future
Mark Zuckerberg is the cofounder of Facebook. Sam Altman is the president of YC Group and he interviewed Mark for a series called How To Build The Future, which you can watch on YC’s YouTube channel.
Jun 30, 2017 · 2 hr 14 min
#15 - IPFS, CoinList, and the Filecoin ICO - Juan Benet and Dalton Caldwell
Juan Benet is the founder of Protocol Labs (YC S14). They're working on IPFS, Filecoin, and Coinlist. Dalton Caldwell is a Partner at YC.
Jun 28, 2017 · 52 min
#14 - Ex Machina's Scientific Advisor - Murray Shanahan
Murray Shanahan was one of the scientific advisors on Ex Machina. He's also a Research Scientist at DeepMind and professor of Cognitive Robotics at Imperial College London. His book Embodiment and the Inner Life served as inspiration for Alex Garland while he was writing the screenplay for Ex Machina.
Jun 23, 2017 · 34 min
#13 - Scaling Growth - Gustaf Alstromer, Ed Baker, and Josh Elman
Gustaf Alstromer is a YC Partner and prior to YC he worked on growth at Airbnb. Ed Baker worked on growth at Uber and Facebook. Josh Elman is a partner at Greylock. The conversation was recorded at The Scaleup Offsite, a private event hosted by Y Combinator Continuity and Greylock Partners in April 2017.
Jun 21, 2017 · 33 min
#12 - How Should Business Schools Prepare Students for Startups? - Jeff Bussgang and Michael Seibel
Jeff Bussgang is a lecturer at Harvard Business School and General Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners. Michael Seibel is CEO of YC.
Jun 16, 2017 · 39 min
#11 - At The Intersection of AI, Governments, and Google - Tim Hwang
Tim Hwang is the Global Public Policy Lead on AI and Machine Learning for Google. Read the transcript on our blog.
Jun 14, 2017 · 24 min
#10 - Office Hours with Ali Rowghani
Ali Rowghani is CEO of Y Combinator Continuity, where he invests in and advises growth-stage startups. Ali directly contributed to the growth of two great companies -- at Twitter, as CFO then COO, and at Pixar as CFO and SVP of Strategic Planning. Read the transcript on our blog.
Jun 9, 2017 · 40 min
#9 - Sam Altman and Reid Hoffman - From Startup to Scaleup
Sam Altman and Reid Hoffman discuss the key changes founders should think about as they scale their company. The conversation was recorded at The Scaleup Offsite, a private event hosted by Y Combinator Continuity and Greylock Partners in April 2017.
Jun 7, 2017 · 52 min
#8 - Rick and Morty Writer - Ryan Ridley
Ryan Ridley is a writer on Rick and Morty. Before that he was a writer on Community. Read the transcript and show notes on the YC blog.