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The Light Cone covering AI Agents, Y Combinator, Go-to-Market Strategy, and AI Startups. Notable guests include Pedro Franceschi (Co-founder and CEO, Brex), Gary Tan (CEO, Y Combinator), Kuang Wong (Co-founder, Physical Intelligence), and Ian Fisher (Co-founder and Co-CEO, Poetic). Episodes span from Oct 2025 to Jun 2026.

8episodes
192total claims
12topics covered
8 episodes
The CEO Must Be the Chief AI Officer
Jun 10, 2026

The CEO must act as the company's Chief AI Officer, taking personal responsibility for understanding and implementing AI, as it's a foundational, not departmental, technology. Founders should adopt...

AI AgentsAI StrategyCEO LeadershipAgent Security+11 more
Thin Harness, Fat Skills: The New Way To Build Software
May 8, 2026 · WITH Gary Tan

Y Combinator CEO Gary Tan has returned to coding after a 13-year hiatus, leveraging modern AI tools to achieve a self-reported 400x productivity increase, shipping hundreds of thousands of lines of...

AI DevelopmentAgentic SystemsSoftware EngineeringDeveloper Productivity+11 more
Robots Are Finally Starting to Work
Apr 16, 2026

Physical Intelligence (PI) is building a single, generalist AI foundation model to control any robot for any task, aiming to create the 'GPT-1 moment' for robotics. Their core technical insight is ...

RoboticsArtificial IntelligenceFoundation ModelsGeneralist AI+12 more
AI Is Unlocking Millions Of New Builders
Mar 16, 2026
The Powerful Alternative To Fine-Tuning
Feb 27, 2026
The AI Agent Economy Is Here
Feb 21, 2026
Billion-Dollar Unpopular Startup Ideas
Oct 17, 2025
The 7 Most Powerful Moats For AI Startups
Oct 3, 2025

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