Growing a Pre-Seed Startup? This Is The Core Knowledge You Need w/ Ashley Smith
Pre-seed founders want explosive growth early on, but are you following the wrong playbook too soon? These days strategies, acronyms, and well-intended advice are everywhere, but today's guest argues ...
8 Sep 202557min
Insiders React: Google Antitrust: Is The Ruling Fair? + YC’s Latest Request For Startups, Statsig Acquisition
Google’s long-running antitrust case has reached its remedy stage, and the outcome was far lighter than many expected. No breakup, no ban on default search deals, just a few constraints on bundling ap...
4 Sep 202547min
First Principles: Listen to This Before You Apply to YC
It seems like startup accelerators are everywhere these days. But what are they? What’s the point of them? And most importantly, is it worth having your startup go through one? Based on their own expe...
1 Sep 202538min
Insiders React: Google Pixel 10 – Does It Finally Beat Apple at Its Own Game?
Is Apple’s dominance in smartphones starting to crack? Google’s Pixel 10 launch brought AI-first features, polished hardware, and bold marketing, signaling a new era in the iPhone vs. Android rivalry....
28 Aug 202535min
Startup Tech Stacks: Make Your Product Stand Out & Get Used w/ Joseph Ruscio
What makes a great tech infrastructure startup? And how do the best ones successfully navigate, and stand out from, the overcrowded market?In this episode, Yaniv is joined by Joseph Ruscio, General Pa...
25 Aug 20251h 4min
Insiders React: Meta to Shrink AI Division – Is This the Beginning of the End?
Is the AI hype cycle about to burst?For months, investors and founders have chased sky-high valuations, billion-dollar hires, and promises of superintelligence, but Meta's drastic plans to cut back it...
21 Aug 202527min
YC Founder’s 13 Timeless Startup Principles: 'Ramen Profitable’ and More
This new era of AI-driven startups has many founders still believing success is about having the perfect product roadmap. The truth, however, is far more counterintuitive.In this episode, Yaniv and Ch...
18 Aug 202544min
Insiders React: GPT-5 Is ‘Fast Fashion’ For Software + Apple’s $600B Commitment, Altman vs Musk (...Again)
Is AI threatening traditional subscription software models and accelerating competitive turnover? Sam Altman thinks so.In this episode, Chris and Ray discuss OpenAI’s GPT-5 release, and Altman's predi...
14 Aug 202541min
