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Sam Altman: "Never a Better Time to Do a Startup"
Y Combinator Startup Podcast
aired Jul 28, 2026 · 38.0m
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Summary
Sam, thanks for joining us. I think this is going to be the best time in the world to do a startup, and it's going to be quite amazing to see.
Why listen
It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of like, think, people, including: This is like a lot bigger than the earlier startup schools.
Key takeaways
- 01We were hiding out in this little building in Cambridge
- 02And what took three months to build at the time that each company built over the whole YC startup could now be done
- 03in like seven minutes by a coding agent
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