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Sam Altman: "Never a Better Time to Do a Startup"
Y Combinator Startup Podcast
In 2005, Sam Altman was a Stanford sophomore in YC’s first batch, building a startup in a little Cambridge office while Paul Graham cooked the founders dinner. Twenty years later, as co-founder & CEO of OpenAI, he closed Startup School 2026 in conversation with YC's Garry Tan — on agents, ambition, and why the ceiling for what a startup can take on has never been higher.
View originalIn 2005, Sam Altman was a Stanford sophomore in YC’s first batch, building a startup in a little Cambridge office while Paul Graham cooked the founders dinner. Twenty years later, as co-founder & CEO of OpenAI, he closed Startup School 2026 in conversation with YC's Garry Tan — on agents, ambition, and why the ceiling for what a startup can take on has never been higher.
- Published
- July 28, 2026
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- active
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- 75ce51dc4f65dd17e6ca8d18e2f4a1e38e8a868ff4939be00f5df7935b55f545
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- sam-altman-never-a-better-time-to-do-a-startup--entry_b76fc61a816af8c295955dd53888
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