Amplitude Founder Recalls Paul Graham Advising Him a Decade After YC: 'They Can't Help but Care'
ycombinator · x · 2026-10-29
- YC retweeted Amplitude founder Spenser Skates, who recalled Paul Graham and Jessica Livingston meeting him repeatedly in Palo Alto during Amplitude's toughest years, plus a later visit to their home in the Cotswolds.
- Skates says they didn't just show up early—they genuinely care, calling that combination powerful; he jokes he has no photo of Paul with a straight face.
- Graham's original tweet: YC, though the earliest investors, still advises founders 10 years on—"the investing analogue of old friends."
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