this was the day before we left sf and the only time we left the kilometer radius around dogpatch for 2.5 months, we worked every day morn till night, wrote ~3k cold msges, pivoted in our final week and learnt what it really takes to build a startup apply to YC S25!

Silicon Valley has a new PRODIGY. At just 25, Michael Truell has built a $300M editor that's making GitHub Copilot look like a toy. By eliminating the tedious parts of coding, he's helping developers achieve in minutes what used to take days. This is his story:

ChatGPT has already completely changed my life with the power of o3 and memory It’s going to be a powerful moment when a billion people finally get access to it The future is not yet evenly distributed! (This level of memory and reasoning is still $200/mo!)

I feel nervous to give my full source code to yet another company. GitHub should do this, makes much more sense!

Brian Armstrong tells the founding story of Coinbase: “Nothing was working” After quitting his job in 2012 and joining Y Combinator to build Coinbase, Brian faced setback after setback: “I was struggling to find anybody who would join my team and work with me... I almost

now i just have to wait 7 years

"I don't really think about competitors. I just think about making the product as perfect as possible. What we want to achieve is the platonic ideal of the perfect product." - Elon Musk

Frank Slootman’s advice for founders learning to be CEO Founders frequently ask Frank (former CEO of Snowflake), “Do you think I can be a CEO?” Frank responds with a question: “Do you want to be?” He explains: “If you want to be, you need to become a student of the role

Nothing is real anymore. Veo 3 is completely out of control... 10 crazy examples: 1. This is Plastic...

As demo day approaches again I am reminded of my own demo day in 2008 with Posterous Yes we got 7 minutes to present 👀

Make 10x to 100x bigger goals

16 investors have led 2 Series A rounds that became $5B+ companies since 2012… You can see a pattern: • Alfred Lin → consumer marketplaces • Andrew McCormack → fintech • Mamoon Hamid → b2b work tools • Micky 🐸 → fintech • Mitch Lasky → consumer social

Too many startup CEOs are unclear on their role because their title doesn’t prepare them for the job. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐬: 1. Set the vision 2. Build the team 3. Don’t run out of money

If you’re a developer, ML engineer, or AI architect — this roadmap helps you build agents that aren’t just smart… but strategic.

Top AI solutions integrate both n8n and LangGraph to maximize their potential. - Use n8n for visual orchestration and business tool integration - Use LangGraph for complex agent logic and state management - Think in layers: business automation AND sophisticated reasoning

I’m writing $100k–$250k checks to help 10 founders go all in on their ideas this summer. Off Season: – June 23 – Aug 1 in SF – For students, new grads, and dropouts building in AI/ML, hardware, robotics, AR/VR – Ends w/ Demo Day: up to $250k in funding Apps close June 12.

Introducing Modify Video. Reimagine any video. Shoot it in post with director-grade control over style, character, and setting. Restyle expressive performances, swap entire worlds, or redesign the frame to your vision. Shoot once. Shape infinitely.

This guy literally walks you through building an AI business from scratch

Last year, we did $50k This year, we are aiming for $100k Let's get there. POV - building startups

Heard it takes 3+ attempts. One down 💪