Join us at AI Startup School — June 16-17

by Garry Tan2/12/2025

YC is hosting our first-ever AI Startup School in San Francisco on June 16 and 17th.

AI Startup School will gather 2,000 of the top CS undergrads, grad students and recent graduates in AI to hear from the world’s top AI experts and founders. Apply to attend here.

This is a 100% free conference, and every attendee is hand-picked.

This year’s speakers include:

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Who should apply?
This conference is just for undergrads, grad students, and recent graduates working in computer science, AI, applied math, robotics, or another highly technical and relevant field. Even if you didn’t go to school for it, you may qualify as we’ll look at your technical achievements: # of users your products serve, papers published, core contributor to open source, etc. Apply to attend here.

Not in San Francisco? We will cover up to $500 for airfare.
We’ll cover your travel to SF, and we’ll even try to pair you up with SF-based founders so you can crash on their couch.

Space is limited, and we look forward to reading your application and hopefully seeing you in San Francisco.

Author

  • Garry Tan

    Garry is the President & CEO of Y Combinator. Previously, he was the co-founder & Managing Partner of Initialized Capital. Before that, he co-founded Posterous (YC S08) which was acquired by Twitter.