Jun 26, 2026

How Warp Went From YC to a $60M Series B

Warp founder & CEO Ayush Sharma discusses building an AI-native employee management platform in a competitive market, detailing how "unsexy" payroll problems became a powerful wedge and why AI fundamentally shifts enterprise software development. He explains what "AI-native" means for product architecture and company structure, the advantage it gives technical founders, and Warp's vision for "systems of intelligence" to empower customers with AI agents for complex HR workflows.

May 21, 2026

How to Build a Self-Improving Company with AI

YC General Partner Tom Blomfield explains how to move beyond the traditional hierarchical company structure and build a self-improving organization using AI. He introduces the concept of recursive, self-improving AI loops that can optimize a company's operations, products, and knowledge base while the founders sleep.

May 13, 2026

Paul Graham, Founder of Y Combinator, Live from Stockholm

Paul Graham discusses the strategic importance for startup founders to immerse themselves in Silicon Valley's unique ecosystem and how this temporary migration is the key to fostering a thriving startup hub in Stockholm, potentially making it the "Silicon Valley of Europe".

May 11, 2026

Making Every Supermarket in America Autonomous

Brandon Hill, co-founder and CEO of Vori, discusses how his company is digitizing the $1.5 trillion grocery industry with an all-in-one OS. He covers their journey from a simple ordering app to a full-stack platform, the use of AI agents to automate pricing and inventory, and their vision for the 'self-driving' grocery store.

Apr 25, 2026

The $9B startup that wants to create a billion new developers

Replit co-founder and CEO Amjad Masad discusses the company's 10-year journey from a browser IDE to an AI-native "vibe coding" platform, empowering non-technical domain experts to build and deploy real software, and what the future holds with parallel agents and a post-prompting world.

Apr 24, 2026

How To Build A Company With AI From The Ground Up

Y Combinator Partner Diana Hu explains how to build an AI-native company where AI is the core operating system, not just a tool. She covers how to make a company queryable, the impact on team structures, and why startups have a massive edge in this new paradigm.