I had been rejected from YC before and I tried arguing to get into it. Paul Graham is such a tease that's what I'm gaining from all of these stories. We did after we got in a YC we convinced Nick's like elementary school friend Jonathan who was in a PhD program for computer science to drop out, which actually worked partially because the YC stamp of approval gave us credibility.
Kapil Kale (@kapil) talks AI-generated art, going through YC, buying out his investors to own 100% of the company, pivoting from an okay idea to a great idea, and growing a profitable business to 8-figures in annual revenue with Courtland (@csallen) and Channing (@ChanningAllen).