Host

Garry Tan

President & CEO, Y Combinator

Real Alpha has cut one moment of Garry Tan (President & CEO, Y Combinator) talking, from an interview on Lightcone published Sep 17, 2026.

What Garry Tan said

Lightcone · Sep 17, 2026 · 4 min
Solo founders hit 19% of YC as knowing what to build matters most
“It's becoming such that like knowing what to prompt and knowing what to build is so much more difficult and valuable than just knowing, you know, the CTO being able to code the thing.”
Garry Tan30:44

The episode

Lightcone
The State of Startups in 2026
29:25of 36:29 · Sep 17

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