Why shipping pace still predicts startup success
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. This…
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Consequential ideas and shifts shaping AI, technology and business, distilled for action.
Big Ideas Big Ideas How AI’s Self-Improvement Could Threaten Humanity by 2030
AI’s ability to autonomously enhance itself could lead to an ‘intelligence explosion,’ making it vastly smarter than humans. This rapid self-improvement po…
Big Ideas How to identify Trillion-Dollar AI service markets
In this Y Combinator conversation, How to Build an AI-Native Services Company sets up a discussion on The next generation of trillion-dollar companies will be AI-native service…
Big Ideas Why following the crowd can cost founders billions
Chasing what’s currently hot in the startup world can lead to missed opportunities. Instead, focus on what you know and are passionate about. This approach…
Big Ideas Voice AI: The Jamnagar opportunity for Indian Startups
Jamnagar helped turn India from a net importer to a net exporter of petroleum products. The same idea applies here: the value is not in the raw input, but in what you turn it into.
Big Ideas How Simplifying Your Desires Leads to True Success and Happiness
Success hinges on being selective about your desires. Unnecessary wants can drain energy and focus. By narrowing down what truly matters, you can channel y…
Big Ideas Synthetic consumers can produce answers. But can you bet a product launch on them?
People contradict themselves. They forget why they bought something. They claim to care about sustainability and then choose the product that arrives tomorrow (hello world!). They…
Big Ideas Sarvam AI: Here is all that was announced, claimed and debated
Is Sarvam a foundational model company or an applied AI that also trains models?
Big Ideas Stop Hobbling Your AI: unleash latent capabilities with Higher-Level tasks
Fresh off the launch of Opus 5, Claude Code creator Boris Cherny joins Diana Hu at Startup School 2026 to talk about what the newest models can do, how Claude Code came to be, and…
Big Ideas How does storytelling secure vital resources for startups?
Recorded live at the New Media Summit, Erik Torenberg sits down with Replit founder and CEO Amjad Masad to discuss founder-led storytelling, building in public, and the role of…
Big Ideas How does operational excellence outperform financial backing in startups?
In this conversation from Startup School Paris, Supabase CEO Paul Copplestone explains how a frustrating firebase migration led to an open-source side project that became one of…
Big Ideas How does integrating tech with logistics halve production costs?
Travis Kalanick, Ben Horowitz, and Erik Torenberg reunite to reflect on Uber’s early days, the investment that almost happened, and why Kalanick believes the next great technology…