All Top 3 Frontier AI Labs Are Now Run by YC Founders
bosmeny · x · 2026-09-03
A quip making the rounds: the top 3 frontier AI labs are now all run by Y Combinator founders. Replies — including Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang — piled on with "gemini who? 🏎️💨" jabs at Google falling behind. Pure AI-industry culture moment, light on substance but highly shareable.
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