Garry Tan sits down with Walter Isaacson: superintelligence is almost here
garrytan · x · 2026-11-04
Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan announced his conversation with biographer Walter Isaacson on The Builders podcast. He frames the current moment as an unusual historical inflection point, arguing there are many reasons to be excited as superintelligence draws near.
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