Y Combinator Startup Podcast

Emily Weiss is the founder and CEO of Glossier.Amy Buechler is Batch Director at YC.Video and transcript are on the YC blog.

Doug Eck is a research scientist at Google and he’s working on Magenta, a project making music and art through machine learning.If you want to learn more you can check out Magenta.Tensorflow.org

Olaf Carlson-Wee is the founder and CEO of Polychain Capital.Aaron Harris is a Partner at YC.

This Q&A was recorded at our fourth annual Female Founders Conference.Partners: Kat Manalac, Jessica Livingston, Adora Cheung, Anu Hariharan, Carolynn Levy, and Kirsty Nathoo.

Aileen Lee is the founder of Cowboy Ventures.Kirsty Nathoo is CFO and a Partner at Y Combinator.

Mark Zuckerberg discusses the birth and growth of Facebook, emphasizing values like problem-solving and social change. He highlights prioritizing talent over experience in team building and delves into future transformations in connectivity, AI, and virtual reality. The podcast also offers advice for young entrepreneurs based on the early days of Facebook.

Juan Benet is the founder of Protocol Labs (YC S14). They're working on IPFS, Filecoin, and Coinlist. Dalton Caldwell is a Partner at YC.

Murray Shanahan was one of the scientific advisors on Ex Machina. He's also a Research Scientist at DeepMind and professor of Cognitive Robotics at Imperial College London.His book Embodiment and the Inner Life served as inspiration for Alex Garland while he was writing the screenplay for Ex Machina.

Gustaf Alstromer is a YC Partner and prior to YC he worked on growth at Airbnb.Ed Baker worked on growth at Uber and Facebook.Josh Elman is a partner at Greylock.The conversation was recorded at The Scaleup Offsite, a private event hosted by Y Combinator Continuity and Greylock Partners in April 2017.

Jeff Bussgang is a lecturer at Harvard Business School and General Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners.Michael Seibel is CEO of YC.