Podcast Episodes

The 10 Trillion Parameter AI Model With 300 IQ

Earlier this month, OpenAI raised the largest venture round ever at $6.6 billion. The company’s CFO says AI is now at the point where orders of magnitude matter and the next generation of models will…

Published on 1 year ago

Now Anyone Can Code: How AI Agents Can Build Your Whole App

With rapid advancements in LLMs, AI can now follow prompts to generate code and build functional custom software. So, how does the tech landscape change when coding becomes accessible to everyone?

In…

Published on 1 year ago

Why Vertical LLM Agents Are The New $1 Billion SaaS Opportunities

As LLMs continue to improve, it's clear that vertical AI agents are key to the next generation of billion-dollar SaaS opportunities.

In this episode of the Lightcone, we sat down with Jake Heller, t…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

The Hunt for State of the Art (with Suhail Doshi)

Suhail Doshi, a YC alumni who previously founded Mixpanel and Mighty, has created a state-of-the-art (SOTA) AI image diffusion model with Playground. The app allows you to talk to it like a graphic d…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

How YC Was Created With Jessica Livingston

Familiar with the lore of Y Combinator? Then you'll know Jessica Livingston — one of the original co-founders who started YC back in 2005. On a recent visit to our SF headquarters, she shared with th…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Are We In An AI Hype Cycle?

Is the latest excitement around AI just another round of dot-com or crypto-style hype? The Lightcone hosts discuss where AI might be if the hype cycle is real, and what may remain once the buzz wears…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Gmail Creator Paul Buchheit On AGI, Open Source Models, Freedom

It’s the first guest episode of Lightcone! The hosts sit down with Paul Buchheit, one of Google’s earliest employees, the creator of Gmail and current YC Group Partner. (He also came up with Google’s…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

10 People + AI = Billion Dollar Company?

As AI continues to evolve and advance, a line of thinking has emerged that humans will no longer need to learn how to write code in the future. If so, could this mean that a staff of ten or less coul…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

Better AI Models, Better Startups

There's been a lot of news lately about the updates to some of the largest foundational AI models. But what does this mean for startups? How will future product releases from the AI giants effect the…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Why This Is The Perfect Time To Start A Startup

Last month, YC hosted Startup School East, a one-day event in Boston for university students. As part of the event, the Lightcone Podcast did their first live stage recording specifically tailored fo…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago