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Before The Mars Dream And Multi-Billion Dollar Ventures, Elon Musk Just Wanted A Job At Netscape—Here's What He Told The AI Generation About That
Friday, June 20, 2025 - 3:10am | 856Read More...Speaking to young founders at Y Combinator's AI Startup School in San Francisco earlier this week, Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) Elon Musk shared raw, humorous and insightful reflections on his early startup journey—and why rejection shaped his mission to build the future. What Happened: In a fireside...
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Garry Tan Says Founders Must Build With Customers To Compete With Giants Like Salesforce, Oracle: 'You Can't Farm This Out'
Tuesday, June 3, 2025 - 12:51am | 727Read More...Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan believes startup founders can learn critical lessons from Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE:PLTR) forward-deployed engineers (FDEs) to compete against enterprise software giants. What Happened: Speaking on the Lightcone Podcast, Tan outlined how the FDE model developed at...
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Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan Appeals To Meta Employees After Identity Ban Sparks Concern
Tuesday, May 27, 2025 - 4:47am | 655Read More...Y Combinator President and CEO Garry Tan publicly called on Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) employees to assist after journalist Stanley Roberts was banned from the platform despite identity verification attempts, highlighting systemic issues with the company’s automated enforcement systems...
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OpenAI's Sam Altman Thanks Elon Musk For His Early Support Despite An Ongoing Bitter Feud, Shares Advice He'd Give His Younger Self At Stanford
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 - 5:06am | 710Read More...OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has expressed his appreciation for Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s initial financial backing in ChatGPT-parent. What Happened: In an interview with YC president and CEO Garry Tan, Altman acknowledged the crucial role of early funding in OpenAI’s success. Despite...
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'Wow, This is Petty': Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian Feuds With Investor On IPO Day
Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 9:31pm | 842Read More...Reddit‘s (NYSE:RDDT) co-founder Alexis Ohanian and early investors are embroiled in a public dispute on the company’s IPO day. What Happened: Despite the norm of IPO days being celebratory, Ohanian took to social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, to express his displeasure...
