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Lightcone

Lightcone is an interview show with the people building AI, hosted by Garry Tan, Harj Taggar, Diana Hu and Jared Friedman, with a new episode every week.

5 moments cut from 2 episodes, 1 with an AI builder talking, mostly on building AI products and AI startups.

Also No. 12 of 18 tech podcasts and No. 12 of 17 business podcasts.

New episodes
Weekly
Latest
Oct 22, 2026
Moments cut
5
Episodes cut
2

What its moments are about

  • Building AI products2
  • AI startups2
  • Enterprise AI1
  • Coding agents1
  • Training data1
  • AI business models1

Best moments from Lightcone

From its most-watched episodes, best first. Each plays right here.

  1. Lightcone · · 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.”
    Lightcone30:44

  2. Lightcone · · 8 min

    Animation should explain the product, not just decorate it

    “but animation that actually reinforces the point that you're trying to make and communicate something in a way that just being static would not have been able to do.”
    Lightcone26:07

  3. Lightcone · · 2 min

    RL environment and data startups quietly build huge revenue

    “We pulled the data recently, and just in the last two years, YC has funded more than a dozen companies that are each making more than $10 million a year”
    Lightcone23:26

  4. Lightcone · · 5 min

    Startup sites need specific, user-centered product explanations

    “You should be talking about your product who should use it why why it's valuable what problem it solves for them”
    Lightcone34:49

  5. Lightcone · · 3 min

    Daily customer support improves design without sacrificing speed

    “everyone in our company does customer support. So every single person is in the support inbox talking to users every single day”
    Lightcone44:08

The best Lightcone episodes

Ranked as our lists rank shows: a point for each best minute we cut from it, one more when an AI builder is talking, and one more when it cleared our views bar.

  1. 01The State of Startups in 2026Sep 17, 2026 · 2 moments
  2. 02How To Stand Out In A World Of AI DesignsOct 22, 2026 · 3 moments

The 2 guests we’ve cut

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