Episode
Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan: Turning Ambitious Misfits into Founders
The Knowledge Project · Apr 29, 2025 · 2 h 20 min
Most accelerators fund ideas. Y Combinator funds founders—and transforms them. With a 1% acceptance rate and alumni behind 60% of the past decade’s unicorns, YC knows what separates the founders who break through from those who burn out. It's not the flashiest résumé or the boldest pitch but something President Garry Tan says is far rarer: earnestness. In this conversation, Garry reveals why…