Hot take: YC explains Sam Altman's presence, not why OpenAI exists
ctjlewis · x · 2026-09-04
The author pushes back on the claim that OpenAI wouldn't exist without Y Combinator: YC is merely why Sam Altman ended up there, not why OpenAI exists — a conclusion reached after understanding how YC works.
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