Emir Karabeg, co-founder of Sim, shares the journey of building a visual, end-to-end platform for AI agents. He discusses their pivot from a failed idea, their explosive open-source growth strategy, the philosophy of building an AI-native workflow tool, and the operational culture that took them from a YC batch to 60,000 developers.
Michael Truell, CEO of Cursor, discusses the company's rapid growth, emphasizing a strategy of deliberate focus on power users over broad democratization. He shares insights into their unique two-day work trials that test for agency, the technical and relational challenges of out-scaling cloud and API providers, and a talent-first approach to M&A, all while navigating a market poised for its next 'iPhone moment'.
Warp CEO Zach Lloyd discusses the evolution of the developer terminal into an agentic platform, the shift from manual coding to a future of automated development, and the philosophical questions surrounding AI intelligence versus consciousness.
OpenAI's Developer State of the Union details the company's journey and unveils significant updates, including the powerful GPT-5 model, the new Codex SDK for agentic coding, the comprehensive Agent Kit for building complex agents, and the Apps SDK for integrating interactive applications directly into ChatGPT.
Sam Altman's DevDay 2025 keynote introduces major platform updates, including the Apps SDK for building inside ChatGPT, AgentKit for streamlined agent creation, the general availability of the powerful Codex coding agent, and new API access to GPT-5 Pro and Sora 2.
In a YC interview, RevenueCat co-founders Jacob Eiting and Miguel Carranza discuss their journey from experiencing the pain of in-app purchases to building a critical piece of infrastructure for the mobile economy. They cover their early-stage conviction, the keys to selling to developers, and the operational and personal lessons learned while scaling to a globally distributed team.