Y Combinator Startup Podcast cover

Y Combinator Startup Podcast

Hosted by Y Combinator

We help founders make something people want. The Y Combinator Podcast is where builders talk about building. From the earliest days of an idea to scaling a company that changes the world, YC partners and founders share real stories, lessons, and tactics from the frontlines.

Episodes (16)

How To Pick A Startup Idea cover
Entrepreneurship12 min

How To Pick A Startup Idea

Y Combinator Startup Podcast

Jun 17, 2026
"The CEO Must Be the Chief AI Officer" cover
Technology & the Future54 min

"The CEO Must Be the Chief AI Officer"

Y Combinator Startup Podcast

Jun 10, 2026
How to Build an AI-Native Services Company cover
Technology & the Future11 min

How to Build an AI-Native Services Company

Y Combinator Startup Podcast

Jun 3, 2026
How To Build Superintelligence Inside Your Company cover
Technology & the Future46 min

How To Build Superintelligence Inside Your Company

Y Combinator Startup Podcast

May 27, 2026
Paul Graham: Should you move to Silicon Valley? cover
Entrepreneurship22 min

Paul Graham: Should you move to Silicon Valley?

Y Combinator Startup Podcast

May 13, 2026
Tokenmaxxing: How Top Builders Use AI To Do The Work Of 400 Engineers cover
Technology & the Future41 min

Tokenmaxxing: How Top Builders Use AI To Do The Work Of 400 Engineers

Y Combinator Startup Podcast

May 8, 2026
Beyond Bigger Models: Recursion As The Next Scaling Law In AI cover
Technology & the Future38 min

Beyond Bigger Models: Recursion As The Next Scaling Law In AI

Y Combinator Startup Podcast

May 1, 2026
The $9B Startup That Wants to Create a Billion New Developers cover
Technology & the Future39 min

The $9B Startup That Wants to Create a Billion New Developers

Y Combinator Startup Podcast

Apr 25, 2026
The Playbook For Building An AI Native Company cover
Technology & the Future10 min

The Playbook For Building An AI Native Company

Y Combinator Startup Podcast

Apr 24, 2026
Stripe Head of Design Katie Dill Breaks Down Their New Website cover
Technology & the Future44 min

Stripe Head of Design Katie Dill Breaks Down Their New Website

Y Combinator Startup Podcast

Apr 22, 2026
The GPT Moment for Robotics Is Here cover
Technology & the Future49 min

The GPT Moment for Robotics Is Here

Y Combinator Startup Podcast

Apr 16, 2026
This Startup Secretly Detects Fraud For Fortune 500s cover
Entrepreneurship31 min

This Startup Secretly Detects Fraud For Fortune 500s

Y Combinator Startup Podcast

Mar 31, 2026
How François Chollet Is Building A New Path To AGI cover
Technology & the Future57 min

How François Chollet Is Building A New Path To AGI

Y Combinator Startup Podcast

Mar 27, 2026
Inside The Startup Reinventing America’s Trillion Dollar Chemical Industry cover
Entrepreneurship13 min

Inside The Startup Reinventing America’s Trillion Dollar Chemical Industry

Y Combinator Startup Podcast

Mar 20, 2026
The Fastest Path to Super Intelligence cover
Technology20 min

The Fastest Path to Super Intelligence

Y Combinator Startup Podcast

Feb 27, 2026
OpenClaw And The Future Of Personal AI Agents cover
Business23 min

OpenClaw And The Future Of Personal AI Agents

Y Combinator Startup Podcast

Feb 7, 2026