Video analyses from Y Combinator
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29:49Robot-Use Agents: Why General-Purpose Models May Win in RoboticsY Combinator · 2026-09-26Waddle Labs and RoboCurve explain how Astra, RT2, and coding agents could deliver general-purpose robots within two years.
36:29The State of Startups in 2026Y Combinator · 2026-09-17YC sees hard-tech startups rise to 20%, solo founders to 19%, and AI agents accelerate revenue growth.
1:00:11Why The Harness Matters More Than The Model | YC Paper ClubY Combinator · 2026-09-07YC Harness Night showcases Prime Agent, Open Jarvis, and QM transforming LLM wrappers into self-improving agents.
57:16Open Models Change The Economics of AIY Combinator · 2026-09-04Ollama CEO Jeffrey Morgan sees open models taking 80–90% of enterprise tokens, driven by DeepSeek Flash, coding agents, and hybrid local-cloud AI.
59:39Max Junestrand: You Need The Willingness To Learn Faster Than Anyone ElseY Combinator · 2026-08-25Legora grew from a rejected YC application to $100 million ARR, 750 employees, and a Jude Law campaign.
51:44Susan Kare: Designing Icons & Graphics For the Original MacY Combinator · 2026-08-14Susan Kare traces Macintosh icons from 16×16 pixels to enduring design lessons from Apple, Steve Jobs, and Paul Rand.
58:18Chelsea Finn: This is the State of the Art in RoboticsY Combinator · 2026-08-12Physical Intelligence demonstrates PI0.7 robots achieving 90%+ espresso success and compositional generalization across appliances and robot platforms.
15:17Circleback CEO Ali Haghani: Why Your Company Should Be Recording More MeetingsY Combinator · 2026-08-11CircleBack turns company conversations into an AI brain while agents reshape Ali’s coding and operations workflow.
41:53Peter Steinberger: "Fun Is Velocity"Y Combinator · 2026-08-10OpenClaw grew from a WhatsApp relay into an open-source phenomenon with 111,000 contributions, 4.7 million weekly downloads, and a nonprofit mission.
1:24:12Why Robotics Still Isn't Solved - But Could Be Soon | YC Paper ClubY Combinator · 2026-08-08YC Robotics Club challenges 2026 robot hype with four scaling barriers, while MEM, Sim2Real, and General Instinct offer practical breakthroughs.
56:01How To Design In The Agent EraY Combinator · 2026-08-07Paper combines HTML/CSS, AI agents, and human design judgment to accelerate polished product development.
36:14The Case For Data Centers In SpaceY Combinator · 2026-08-05Star Cloud raised $170 million to deploy Nvidia GPUs in space, targeting 20 GW of orbital AI capacity.
49:24Waymo Co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov: The Demo Is Only 1% Of The WorkY Combinator · 2026-08-03Waymo’s AI driver reaches 220 million autonomous miles and 17× better serious-crash performance than humans.
31:00Patrick Collison: Is AI Breaking the Lean Startup Playbook?Y Combinator · 2026-07-31Stripe’s Patrick Collison says AI is accelerating startups, with new businesses nearly doubling year over year.
57:07Jeff Dean: The 1% Rule for Building in AIY Combinator · 2026-07-30Jeff Dean predicts week-long AI agents, 50x faster inference, and automated experiments that improve Gemini and chip design.