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Lightcone Podcast
Podcast

Lightcone Podcast

Y Combinator

37 episodes · Technology

Techno optimism for technical founders

Episodes

What Founders Have To Unlearn To Become Great CEOs
What Founders Have To Unlearn To Become Great CEOs
Dec 3, 2025 · 44 min
AI Is Eating Logistics
AI Is Eating Logistics
Nov 14, 2025 · 33 min
Inside The MIT AI Study Everyone Misunderstood (And What It Means For Startups)
Inside The MIT AI Study Everyone Misunderstood (And What It Means For Startups)
Oct 30, 2025 · 21 min
Unpopular Ideas That Became Billion-Dollar Businesses
Unpopular Ideas That Became Billion-Dollar Businesses
Oct 17, 2025 · 37 min
The 7 Most Powerful Moats For AI Startups
The 7 Most Powerful Moats For AI Startups
Oct 3, 2025 · 45 min
The FDE Playbook for AI Startups with Bob McGrew
The FDE Playbook for AI Startups with Bob McGrew
Sep 12, 2025 · 50 min
Anthropic Co-founder: Building Claude Code, Lessons From GPT-3 & LLM System Design
Anthropic Co-founder: Building Claude Code, Lessons From GPT-3 & LLM System Design
Aug 21, 2025 · 35 min
How to Spend Your 20s in the AI Era
How to Spend Your 20s in the AI Era
Jul 8, 2025 · 38 min
Alexandr Wang: Building Scale AI, Transforming Work with Agents & Competing With China
Alexandr Wang: Building Scale AI, Transforming Work with Agents & Competing With China
Jun 18, 2025 · 1h 1m
State-Of-The-Art Prompting For AI Agents
State-Of-The-Art Prompting For AI Agents
May 30, 2025 · 31 min
Startups Ideas You Can Now Build With AI
Startups Ideas You Can Now Build With AI
May 16, 2025 · 40 min
Windsurf CEO: Betting On AI Agents, Pivoting In 48 Hours, And The Future of Coding
Windsurf CEO: Betting On AI Agents, Pivoting In 48 Hours, And The Future of Coding
May 2, 2025 · 52 min
How To Navigate Co-Founder Disputes
How To Navigate Co-Founder Disputes
Mar 21, 2025 · 42 min
Vibe Coding Is The Future
Vibe Coding Is The Future
Mar 5, 2025 · 31 min
How AI Is Changing Enterprise
How AI Is Changing Enterprise
Feb 19, 2025 · 49 min
How To Get AI Startup Ideas
How To Get AI Startup Ideas
Feb 7, 2025 · 43 min
AI Revolution: Why This Is The Best Time To Start A Startup
AI Revolution: Why This Is The Best Time To Start A Startup
Jan 24, 2025 · 39 min
The Lightcone 2025 Forecast
The Lightcone 2025 Forecast
Jan 1, 2025 · 7 min
2024’s Biggest Startup Trends
2024’s Biggest Startup Trends
Dec 13, 2024 · 38 min
Vertical AI Agents Could Be 10X Bigger Than SaaS
Vertical AI Agents Could Be 10X Bigger Than SaaS
Nov 22, 2024 · 42 min
Why The Next AI Breakthroughs Will Be In Reasoning, Not Scaling
Why The Next AI Breakthroughs Will Be In Reasoning, Not Scaling
Nov 14, 2024 · 35 min
The 10 Trillion Parameter AI Model With 300 IQ
The 10 Trillion Parameter AI Model With 300 IQ
Nov 1, 2024 · 33 min
Now Anyone Can Code: How AI Agents Can Build Your Whole App
Now Anyone Can Code: How AI Agents Can Build Your Whole App
Oct 18, 2024 · 37 min
Why Vertical LLM Agents Are The New $1 Billion SaaS Opportunities
Why Vertical LLM Agents Are The New $1 Billion SaaS Opportunities
Oct 4, 2024 · 37 min
The Hunt for State of the Art (with Suhail Doshi)
The Hunt for State of the Art (with Suhail Doshi)
Sep 19, 2024 · 55 min
How YC Was Created With Jessica Livingston
How YC Was Created With Jessica Livingston
Sep 6, 2024 · 58 min
Are We In An AI Hype Cycle?
Are We In An AI Hype Cycle?
Aug 22, 2024 · 37 min
Gmail Creator Paul Buchheit On AGI, Open Source Models, Freedom
Gmail Creator Paul Buchheit On AGI, Open Source Models, Freedom
Aug 9, 2024 · 48 min
10 People + AI = Billion Dollar Company?
10 People + AI = Billion Dollar Company?
Jun 27, 2024 · 38 min
Better AI Models, Better Startups
Better AI Models, Better Startups
Jun 6, 2024 · 41 min
Why This Is The Perfect Time To Start A Startup
Why This Is The Perfect Time To Start A Startup
May 17, 2024 · 19 min
Consumer is back, What’s getting funded now, Immaculate vibes
Consumer is back, What’s getting funded now, Immaculate vibes
Apr 30, 2024 · 42 min
Inside The Hard Tech Startups Turning Sci-Fi Into Reality
Inside The Hard Tech Startups Turning Sci-Fi Into Reality
Apr 30, 2024 · 48 min
How To Build Generative AI Models Like OpenAI's Sora
How To Build Generative AI Models Like OpenAI's Sora
Apr 30, 2024 · 34 min
Where Is The REAL Cerebral Valley?
Where Is The REAL Cerebral Valley?
Apr 30, 2024 · 33 min
Apple Vision Pro: Startup Platform Of The Future?
Apple Vision Pro: Startup Platform Of The Future?
Apr 30, 2024 · 27 min
The Truth About Building AI Startups Today
The Truth About Building AI Startups Today
Apr 29, 2024 · 32 min