Paul Graham: a YC startup is growing 57% a week, and has been for months
ycombinator · x · 2026-09-06
Paul Graham reveals that a startup in the current YC batch is growing at 57% per week — not because they launched last week, but sustained for a couple of months. He notes the pace can't last much longer ('you run out of atoms') but says they're likely to end up big.
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