yc-base

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A file-over-app knowledge base of the entire Y Combinator YouTube channel, queryable in Claude Code — ask startup questions, get answers cited to the exact video + timestamp. 618 talks distilled into 36 topic syntheses + 46 people, 8,499 citations. Independent / not affiliated with Y Combinator.

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- - ask.md
- - kb-pages.md
  - scripts.md
  - transcripts.md
- settings.json
- BUILD-PLAN.md
- RESEARCH.md
- - README.md
- - dalton-and-michael.md
  - how-to-start-a-startup.md
  - lightcone.md
  - README.md
  - startup-school.md
  - talks.md
- - 10-people-ai-billion-dollar-company.md
  - 2021-yc-top-companies-on-their-startup-journey.md
  - 2024-the-year-the-gpt-wrapper-myth-proved-wrong.md
  - 3d-home-printing-for-the-developing-world-alexandria-lafci-a.md
  - 40-ai-founders-discuss-current-artificial-intelligence-techn.md
  - 50-founders-share-how-they-got-their-first-customers.md
  - 50-founders-share-why-they-applied-to-y-combinator.md
  - 60-startup-founders-share-how-they-met-their-co-founder.md
  - a-conversation-about-crypto-currencies-and-icos-with-andy-br.md
  - a-conversation-on-hard-tech-with-eric-migicovsky.md
  - a-conversation-with-aileen-lee-moderated-by-geoff-ralston.md
  - a-conversation-with-elad-gil.md
  - a-conversation-with-elizabeth-iorns-advice-for-biotech-found.md
  - a-conversation-with-ooshma-garg-moderated-by-adora-cheung.md
  - a-conversation-with-paul-graham-moderated-by-geoff-ralston.md
  - a-conversation-with-werner-vogels.md
  - a-cs-education-that-s-free-until-you-get-a-job-austen-allred.md
  - a-i-policy-and-public-perception-miles-brundage-and-tim-hwan.md
  - aaron-levie-why-startups-win-in-the-ai-era.md
  - adora-cheung-how-to-prioritize-your-time.md
  - adora-cheung-how-to-set-kpis-and-goals.md
  - adora-cheung-speaks-at-female-founders-conference-2015.md
  - adora-cheung.md
  - advantages-of-a-first-time-founder.md
  - advice-for-students-and-recent-graduates-on-finding-jobs-liz.md
  - advice-on-organizing-and-running-growth-teams-from-dan-hocke.md
  - after-pmf-people-customers-sales-by-mathilde-collin.md
  - ai-and-the-future-of-law-the-10-year-overnight-success-story.md
  - ai-interfaces-of-the-future-design-review.md
  - ai-is-eating-logistics.md
  - ai-is-unlocking-millions-of-new-builders.md
  - ai-revolution-what-nobody-else-is-seeing.md
  - ai-startup-founders-debate-the-creation-of-artificial-genera.md
  - alex-blumberg-of-gimlet-media.md
  - alexandr-wang-building-scale-ai-transforming-work-with-agent.md
  - alfred-lin-with-justin-kan.md
  - amber-atherton-of-zyper-and-iba-masood-of-tara-on-raising-a-.md
  - an-ai-primer-with-wojciech-zaremba.md
  - analyzing-billions-of-transactions-to-understand-consumer-be.md
  - andrej-karpathy-software-is-changing-again.md
  - andrew-kortina-of-venmo-and-fin-on-technological-determinism.md
  - andrew-mason-at-startup-school-sv-2014.md
  - andrew-ng-building-faster-with-ai.md
  - andy-bromberg-startup-investor-school-day-4.md
  - anne-wojcicki-how-to-build-the-future.md
  - announcing-work-at-a-startup.md
  - anthropic-co-founder-building-claude-code-lessons-from-gpt-3.md
  - anthropic-head-of-pretraining-on-scaling-laws-compute-and-th.md
  - anthropic-s-claude-computer-use-is-a-game-changer-yc-decoded.md
  - apoorva-mehta-at-startup-school-ny-2014.md
  - apple-vision-pro-startup-platform-of-the-future.md
  - aravind-srinivas-perplexity-s-race-to-build-agentic-search.md
  - are-we-in-an-ai-hype-cycle.md
  - artist-lauren-mccarthy-will-be-your-home-s-brain.md
  - ask-these-questions-before-starting-an-ai-startup.md
  - at-the-intersection-of-ai-governments-and-google-tim-hwang.md
  - athlane-s19-yc-tech-talks-gaming-2020-november-9-2020.md
  - avni-patel-thompson-at-the-seattle-female-founders-conferenc.md
  - b2b-startup-metrics-startup-school.md
  - baidu-s-ai-lab-director-on-advancing-speech-recognition-and-.md
  - balaji-srinivasan-at-startup-school-2013.md
  - be-wary-of-solving-a-small-rare-problem-des-traynor-of-inter.md
  - before-the-startup-with-paul-graham-how-to-start-a-startup-2.md
  - ben-huh-on-therapy.md
  - ben-silbermann-at-startup-school-2012.md
  - ben-silbermann-at-startup-school-sv-2016.md
  - better-ai-models-better-startups.md
  - big-changes-at-y-combinator-an-inside-look-with-s22-founders.md
  - billion-dollar-unpopular-startup-ideas.md
  - billiontoone-is-solving-one-of-biotech-s-hardest-problems.md
  - bob-mcgrew-ai-agents-and-the-path-to-agi.md
  - brand-design-tips-from-linear-founder-karri-saarinen.md
  - breaking-down-hackerrank-s-survey-of-40-000-developers-with-.md
  - brian-donohue-on-operating-instapaper-through-an-acquisition.md
  - building-a-2-billion-saas-company-lessons-from-a-two-time-fo.md
  - building-a-startup-is-about-solving-a-problem-avni-patel-tho.md
  - building-an-engineering-team-by-ammon-bartram-and-harj-tagga.md
  - building-confidence-in-yourself-and-your-ideas.md
  - building-dota-bots-that-beat-pros-openai-s-greg-brockman-szy.md
  - building-for-the-enterprise-with-aaron-levie-how-to-start-a-.md
  - building-product-talking-to-users-and-growing-with-adora-che.md
  - building-the-world-s-best-image-diffusion-model.md
  - building-your-board-glenn-kelman.md
  - camille-fournier-on-managing-technical-teams.md
  - can-you-apply-to-yc-before-you-have-a-us-visa-jared-friedman.md
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  - chelsea-finn-building-robots-that-can-do-anything.md
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  - cindy-mi-and-qi-lu-share-advice-for-entrepreneurs-building-g.md
  - claire-mcdonnell-and-jennifer-kim-on-building-an-inclusive-c.md
  - closing-remarks-at-startup-school-ny-2014.md
  - co-founder-mistakes-that-kill-companies-how-to-avoid-them.md
  - common-mistakes-with-vibe-coded-websites.md
  - communicate-with-users-build-something-they-want-ryan-hoover.md
  - competition-is-for-losers-with-peter-thiel-how-to-start-a-st.md
  - conductor-ceo-charlie-holtz-walks-us-through-his-ai-coding-s.md
  - consume-information-that-encourages-you-to-do-more-dalton-ca.md
  - consumer-startup-metrics-startup-school.md
  - content-marketing-tips-from-experts-at-first-round-capital-a.md
  - cory-doctorow-and-joe-betts-lacroix-on-adversarial-interoper.md
  - cost-vs-quality-in-edtech-keith-schacht-avichal-garg-and-geo.md
  - critiquing-ai-startup-websites-with-yc-president-garry-tan.md
  - critiquing-software-startup-websites-with-ceo-of-glide.md
  - critiquing-startup-mobile-apps-with-glide-ceo.md
  - critiquing-startup-websites-with-instacart-s-first-designer.md
  - critiquing-startup-websites-with-webflow-ceo.md
  - crypto-investors-linda-xie-and-avichal-garg.md
  - culture-with-brian-chesky-and-alfred-lin-how-to-start-a-star.md
  - cursor-ceo-going-beyond-code-superintelligent-ai-agents-and-.md
  - cursor-head-of-design-roasts-startup-websites.md
  - dalton-caldwell-all-about-pivoting.md
  - dalton-caldwell-s-whale-ama.md
  - dalton-caldwell-startup-investor-school-day-2.md
  - dan-siroker-at-startup-school-2013.md
  - danae-ringelmann-at-startup-school-sv-2014.md
  - david-lee-at-startup-school-ny-2014.md
  - david-rusenko-at-startup-school-2012.md
  - david-rusenko-how-to-find-product-market-fit.md
  - david-zeevi-on-personalized-nutrition-based-on-your-gut-micr.md
  - demis-hassabis-agents-agi-the-next-big-scientific-breakthrou.md
  - design-for-startups-by-garry-tan-part-1.md
  - design-for-startups-by-garry-tan-part-2.md
  - design-tips-to-convert-more-customers-design-review.md
  - designing-characters-with-deep-learning-spellbrush-w18-yc-ga.md
  - desining-from-day-one-artists-as-founders-multiverse-s20-yc-.md
  - diana-hu-on-augmented-reality-and-building-a-startup-in-a-ne.md
  - diane-greene-at-startup-school-2013.md
  - diane-greene-s-advice-for-founders.md
  - diego-saez-gil-how-pachama-uses-tech-to-solve-climate-change.md
  - do-technical-founders-need-business-co-founders.md
  - does-your-startup-need-to-be-in-san-francisco.md
  - does-your-startup-website-pass-the-first-impression-test-des.md
  - don-t-make-these-hiring-mistakes.md
  - don-t-start-a-blog-start-a-cult-mr-money-mustache.md
  - doordash-at-yc-summer-2013-demo-day.md
  - doordash-ceo-customer-obsession-surviving-startup-death-crea.md
  - doordash-s-application-video-for-yc-s13.md
  - dreamcraft-s18-yc-tech-talks-gaming-2020-november-9th-2020.md
  - drew-houston-how-to-build-the-future.md
  - dylan-field-scaling-figma-and-the-future-of-design.md
  - econtalk-host-russ-roberts-on-key-economic-concepts-for-foun.md
  - elad-gil-and-pejman-nozad-startup-investor-school-day-3.md
  - elad-gil-shares-advice-from-the-high-growth-handbook-a-guide.md
  - elizabeth-iorns-at-female-founders-conference-2014.md
  - elizabeth-iorns-on-biotech-companies-in-yc.md
  - elli-sharef-at-female-founders-conference-2014.md
  - elon-musk-digital-superintelligence-multiplanetary-life-how-.md
  - elon-musk-how-to-build-the-future.md
  - elon-musk-on-fear.md
  - elon-musk-on-how-to-be-most-useful.md
  - elon-musk-s-video-game-recommendations.md
  - elon-musk-the-midwit-meme-dalton-caldwell-and-michael-seibel.md
  - embark-trucks-application-video-for-yc-w16.md
  - emergent-how-six-months-of-tinkering-led-to-a-100m-arr-compa.md
  - emily-weiss-on-the-insights-that-grew-glossier-with-amy-buec.md
  - emmett-shear-at-startup-school-sv-2014.md
  - enterprise-sales-startup-school.md
  - eric-migicovsky-at-startup-school-sv-2014.md
  - eric-migicovsky-how-to-talk-to-users.md
  - erin-frey-on-therapy.md
  - essential-startup-advice-during-a-pandemic.md
  - ex-machina-s-scientific-advisor-murray-shanahan.md
  - experiments-in-art-and-technology-with-artforum-editor-miche.md
  - fei-fei-li-spatial-intelligence-is-the-next-frontier-in-ai.md
  - female-founders-conference-2017.md
  - female-founders-conference-mountain-view.md
  - female-founders-conference-new-york.md
  - fermat-s-library-cofounders-joa-o-batalha-and-lui-s-batalha.md
  - figma-s-dylan-field-exploring-the-idea-maze-vibe-coding-and-.md
  - founders-of-science-exchange-goldbely-and-the-flex-company-d.md
  - fran-ois-chollet-how-we-get-to-agi.md
  - fran-ois-chollet-why-scaling-alone-isn-t-enough-for-agi.md
  - frank-lantz-director-of-nyu-s-game-center-and-creator-of-uni.md
  - from-a-pivot-to-building-a-9-6-billion-payroll-company.md
  - from-idea-to-650m-exit-lessons-in-building-ai-startups.md
  - from-pivot-hell-to-1-4-billion-unicorn.md
  - from-startup-to-scaleup-sam-altman-and-reid-hoffman.md
  - funding-is-an-outcome-of-building-a-good-business-porter-bra.md
  - fundraising-fundamentals-by-geoff-ralston.md
  - fundraising-panel-at-female-founders-conference-2015.md
  - fundraising-panel-at-female-founders-conference-2016.md
  - fusion-energy-will-power-the-ai-boom.md
  - future-founders-conference-for-women-globally.md
  - geoff-ralston-and-adora-cheung-discuss-startup-school.md
  - geoff-ralston-parting-advice.md
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  - geoff-ralston-the-story-of-your-startup.md
  - gmail-creator-paul-buchheit-on-agi-open-source-models-freedo.md
  - gobble-founder-ooshma-garg-speaks-at-female-founders-confere.md
  - good-news-for-startups-enterprise-is-bad-at-ai.md
  - google-photos-product-lead-and-bump-cofounder-david-lieb-wit.md
  - gpt-4-5-big-model-energy-yc-decoded.md
  - grace-garey-speaks-at-female-founders-conference-2015.md
  - growth-with-alex-schultz-how-to-start-a-startup-2014-lecture.md
  - groww-if-your-customers-don-t-love-it-or-hate-it-you-ve-alre.md
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  - harj-taggar-choosing-a-startup-to-work-at.md
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  - harshil-mathur-ai-is-compressing-every-moat.md
  - helping-african-businesses-get-paid-shola-akinlade-of-paysta.md
  - helping-landlords-find-tenants-sean-mitchell-of-rezi.md
  - hiring-and-culture-with-patrick-and-john-collison-and-ben-si.md
  - hiring-engineers-with-ammon-bartram.md
  - hiring-tips-from-pebble-watch-founder-eric-migicovsky.md
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  - hiroshi-mikitani-at-startup-school-2012.md
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  - how-ai-coding-agents-will-change-your-job.md
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  - how-amplitude-went-from-skeptics-to-all-in-on-ai.md
  - how-blake-scholl-built-the-first-independent-supersonic-jet.md
  - how-david-lieb-turned-a-failing-startup-into-google-photos-b.md
  - how-do-billion-dollar-startups-start.md
  - how-do-you-convince-someone-to-join-your-startup-dalton-cald.md
  - how-elon-musk-spends-his-time.md
  - how-future-billionaires-get-sh-t-done.md
  - how-generosity-built-tech-giants.md
  - how-intelligent-is-ai-really.md
  - how-legora-went-from-yc-to-100m-arr-in-18-months.md
  - how-meesho-became-india-s-biggest-shopping-app.md
  - how-much-equity-to-give-your-cofounder-michael-seibel.md
  - how-much-should-you-spend-after-fundraising-gustaf-alstr-mer.md
  - how-new-technology-creates-new-businesses.md
  - how-nothing-founder-carl-pei-built-a-multi-million-dollar-sm.md
  - how-pitching-investors-is-different-than-pitching-customers-.md
  - how-replit-went-from-10m-to-100m-arr-in-just-9-months.md
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  - how-startup-fundraising-works-startup-school.md
  - how-stripe-built-their-new-website.md
  - how-surbhi-sarna-built-a-275m-biotech-company-from-nothing.md
  - how-the-best-companies-defend-against-mediocrity-and-rot.md
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  - how-to-apply-and-succeed-at-y-combinator-by-dalton-caldwell.md
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  - how-to-be-a-great-founder-with-reid-hoffman-how-to-start-a-s.md
  - how-to-be-the-next-elon-musk-according-to-elon-musk.md
  - how-to-build-a-company-with-ai-from-the-ground-up.md
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  - how-to-build-generative-ai-models-like-openai-s-sora.md
  - how-to-build-products-users-love-with-kevin-hale-how-to-star.md
  - how-to-build-the-future-aravind-srinivas.md
  - how-to-build-the-future-parker-conrad.md
  - how-to-build-the-future-sam-altman.md
  - how-to-change-the-world-get-the-small-things-right-dalton-ca.md
  - how-to-cold-email-investors-michael-seibel.md
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  - how-to-create-luck-dalton-caldwell-y-combinator-partner.md
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jsDelivr serves any public GitHub repository as a CDN with zero setup. Pick a version and a file to get a ready-to-paste link and snippet.

Version

File

Link

Example

// repository documentation

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