Sam Altman closes YC Startup School 2026 on agents, ambition, and AI’s future
ycombinator · x · 2026-07-28
Sam Altman closes YC Startup School 2026 on agents, ambition, and AI’s next phase
Y Combinator says Sam Altman — who was in YC’s first batch as a Stanford sophomore in 2005 — closed Startup School 2026 in conversation with Garry Tan.
The session spans a broad set of themes, including:
- why startups matter more during technology shifts
- the coming “golden age” for ambitious startups
- how OpenAI was built when AGI was widely doubted
- how to find people who share your conviction
- an AI safety incident that changed the stakes
- preventing AI from concentrating power
- how fast models may improve
- what the best version of an AI future could look like
YC also highlights a final message from Altman: “It’s all going to work out.”
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