No Priors Ep 66 | With Y Combinator President and CEO Garry Tan

Garry Tan is a notorious founder-turned-investor who is now running one of the most prestigious accelerators in the world, Y Combinator. As the president and CEO of YC, Garry has been credited with reinvigorating the program. On this week’s episode of No Priors, Sarah, Elad, and Garry discuss the shifting demographics of YC founders and how AI is encouraging younger founders to launch companies, predicting which early stage startups will have longevity, and making YC a beacon for innovation in AI companies. They also discussed the importance of building companies in person and if San Francisco is, in fact, back. Sign up for new podcasts every week. Email feedback to show@no-priors.com Follow us on Twitter: @NoPriorsPod | @Saranormous | @EladGil | @garrytan - https://www.youtube.com/@GarryTan Show Notes: 0:00 Introduction 0:53 Transitioning from founder to investing 5:10 Early social media startups 7:50 Trend predicting at YC 10:03 Selecting YC founders 12:06 AI trends emerging in YC batch 18:34 Motivating culture at YC 20:39 Choosing the startups with longevity 24:01 Shifting YC found demographics 29:24 Building in San Francisco 31:01 Making YC a beacon for creators 33:17 Garry Tan is bringing San Francisco back

Elad GilhostGarry TanguestSarah Guohost

May 23, 202439mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: May 23, 2024
Duration: 39m
Channel: No Priors
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Garry Tan is a notorious founder-turned-investor who is now running one of the most prestigious accelerators in the world, Y Combinator. As the president and CEO of YC, Garry has been credited with reinvigorating the program. On this week’s episode of No Priors, Sarah, Elad, and Garry discuss the shifting demographics of YC founders and how AI is encouraging younger founders to launch companies, predicting which early stage startups will have longevity, and making YC a beacon for innovation in AI companies. They also discussed the importance of building companies in person and if San Francisco is, in fact, back. Sign up for new podcasts every week. Email feedback to show@no-priors.com Follow us on Twitter: @NoPriorsPod | @Saranormous | @EladGil | @garrytan - https://www.youtube.com/@GarryTan Show Notes: 0:00 Introduction 0:53 Transitioning from founder to investing 5:10 Early social media startups 7:50 Trend predicting at YC 10:03 Selecting YC founders 12:06 AI trends emerging in YC batch 18:34 Motivating culture at YC 20:39 Choosing the startups with longevity 24:01 Shifting YC found demographics 29:24 Building in San Francisco 31:01 Making YC a beacon for creators 33:17 Garry Tan is bringing San Francisco back

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Elad Gil
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Garry Tan
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Sarah Guo
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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of No Priors, featuring Elad Gil and Garry Tan, No Priors Ep 66 | With Y Combinator President and CEO Garry Tan explores garry Tan on YC, AI startup surge, and rebuilding San Francisco Garry Tan, President and CEO of Y Combinator, discusses YC’s evolution from a scrappy subculture to a defining institution for global startups, while arguing that its core philosophy—backing highly technical, clear-thinking founders—has stayed constant.

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