Rejected by YC Startup School, he spoke at Chase Center a year later
garrytan · x · 2026-07-27
- The founder says he was rejected from YC Startup School last year, which made him feel bitter at the time.
- A year later, he was speaking at the Chase Center about the future of agentic payments.
- His takeaway: getting rejected became the push that finally made him apply to YC.
- The post frames rejection as a turning point — what hurts most can become the thing that moves you forward.
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