Y Combinator

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman
Success

Reddit’s CEO has just become a billionaire—a staggering 20 years after co-founding the company fresh out of college with $12,000

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November 3, 2025
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
Success

OpenAI may soon be the most valuable private company—but Sam Altman’s net worth won’t jolt, as the CEO holds no equity and makes just $76,001 a year

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August 21, 2025
Exclusive: Two MIT dropouts raised $21 million for their AI startup that does legacy businesses’ grunt work
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Exclusive: Two MIT dropouts raised $21 million for their AI startup that does legacy businesses’ grunt work

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August 14, 2025
Garry Tan gestures
Success

Tech CEO slams college entrepreneurship programs for ‘teaching you to lie’—he warns Gen Z that ‘faking it till you make it’ could land them in jail

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July 10, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk stand next to a Tesla Cybertruck on the South Portico of the White House on March 11, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)
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Tesla’s Cybertruck just can’t catch a break

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March 17, 2025
two men in casual clothing sit at a table, posed for a photo portrait
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Exclusive: Model ML, a financial research startup automating Wall Street’s grunt work, emerges from stealth 

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February 6, 2025
Ashton Kutcher and David Sacks
Finance

How celebrities became VCs and VCs became celebrities  

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November 7, 2024
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
Tech

Sam Altman’s decade-old investment in Reddit is now worth over a billion dollars

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October 30, 2024
Paul Graham, co-founder of famed startup accelerator Y Combinator
Tech

‘Founder mode’ startup guru Paul Graham explains why he’s not backing Trump: ‘He ran the White House like a mob boss’

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October 30, 2024
Tristan Handy, founder and CEO of dbt Labs
Commentary

‘Founder mode’ is missing a key to growth—take it from a founder and CEO

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September 13, 2024
Paul Graham, cofounder of Y Combinator
Leadership

Startup guru Paul Graham eviscerates Silicon Valley’s conventional wisdom about founders

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September 1, 2024
aircraft carrier at sea
Finance

Y Combinator’s first bet on weapons eyes a U.S.-China war and SpaceX playbook

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August 25, 2024
Venture capitalist David Sacks speaking at a podium
Tech

A post about Kamala Harris pushed a long-simmering feud between tech execs into the open

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July 25, 2024
State Senator Scott Wiener
Tech

California AI bill SB-1047 sparks fierce debate, Senator likens it to ‘Jets vs. Sharks’ feud

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July 15, 2024
Jake Loosararian stands next to a Gecko robot climbing a wall
Tech

From sleeping on a friend’s floor to signing huge industrial customers: How Gecko’s founder built a $600 million robot company from a college project 

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April 17, 2024

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