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2024-04-29

  Consumer is back, What’s getting funded now, Immaculate vibes | Lightcone Podcast

What's happening in startups right now and how can you get ahead of the curve? In this episode of the Lightcone podcast, we dive deep into the major trends we're seeing from the most recent batch of YC using data we've never shared publicly before. Thi...
2024-04-22

  When Should You Trust Your Gut? | Dalton & Michael Podcast

When you’re making important decisions as a founder — like what to build or how it should work — should you spend lots of time gathering input from others or just trust your gut? In this episode of Dalton & Michael, we talk more about this and how...
2024-04-17

  Inside The Hard Tech Startups Turning Sci-Fi Into Reality | Lightcone Podcast

YC has become a surprising force in the hard tech world, funding startups building physical products from satellites to rockets to electric planes. In this episode of Lightcone, we go behind the scenes to explore how YC advises founders on their ambiti...
2024-03-28

  Building AI Models Faster And Cheaper Than You Think | Lightcone Podcast

If you read articles about companies like OpenAI and Anthropic training foundation models, it would be natural to assume that if you don’t have a billion dollars or the resources of a large company, you can’t train your own foundational models. But the...
2024-03-20

  Building Confidence In Yourself and Your Ideas | Dalton & Michael Podcast

One trait that many great founders share is conviction. In this episode of Dalton & Michael, we’ll talk about finding confidence in what you're building, the dangers of inaccurate assumptions, and a question founders need to ask themselves before t...
2024-03-18

  Where Is The REAL Cerebral Valley?

In this episode of the Lightcone Podcast, YC Group Partners chart the evolution of San Francisco as the center of the startup world and how AI has brought everyone back to the city. They also talk about why YC chose to open our new HQ in the Dogpatch...
2024-03-15

  Stop Innovating (On The Wrong Things)

Startups need to innovate to succeed. But not all innovation is made equal and reinventing some common best practices could actually hinder your company. In this episode, Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel discuss the common innovation pitfalls founder...
2024-02-28

  Apple Vision Pro: Startup Platform Of The Future?

In this episode of the Lightcone Podcast, YC Group Partners discuss the launch of the Apple Vision Pro and the potential of this new platform for new startups. This is a deep dive into the technical innovations Apple has made for this product, how this...
2024-02-13

  Should Your Startup Bootstrap or Raise Venture Capital?

Within the world of startups, you'll find lots of discourse online about the experiences of founders bootstrapping their startups versus the founders who have raised venture capital to fund their companies. Is one better than the other? Truth is, it ...
2024-02-09

  The Truth About Building AI Startups Today

In the first episode of the Lightcone Podcast, YC Group Partners dig into everything they have learned working with the top founders building AI startups today. They share the ideas that are working particularly well, mistakes to avoid, and take a look...