YC Visiting Partner Vivian Shen sits down with Paul Graham at the original YC office in Mountain View to talk about startups, AI, ambition, and what makes great founders.
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Chapters:
00:00 — 21 Years of YC
01:07 — Why Today’s Startups Are More Ambitious
04:09 — Frighteningly Ambitious Ideas
05:13 — What Actually Motivates Founders
09:28 — What Makes a Founder Formidable
12:54 — What Surprised PG About AI
17:58 — How YC Started and What Hasn’t Changed
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