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The Reddits

"I met the Reddits before we even started Y Combinator. In fact they were one of the reasons we started it," writes PG.

Founder Stories

Paul Graham

3/21/2024

The Airbnbs

To celebrate Airbnb’s IPO and to help future founders, I thought it might be useful to explain what was special about Airbnb. ...

Founder Stories

Paul Graham

12/10/2020

Meet the People Taking over Hacker News

I did several different things while I was working on Hacker News, and these will now be taken over by different people. ...

YC News

Paul Graham

3/29/2014

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Sam Altman for President

by Paul Graham2/21/2014

I’m delighted to announce that Sam Altman has agreed to become president of Y Combinator starting next batch. I’ll continue to do office hours with startups, but Sam is going to lead YC.