Track III

As the only non current video, this introduces timeless lessons from Sam Altman, as President of Y Combinator 7 years ago, sharing how to succeed with a startup.

Brian Armstrong built Coinbase from when Bitcoin was $6 in 2012 into a $100B public company. He opens up about leading Coinbase through chaos, burnouts, lawsuits and political attacks while staying focused on the ultimate mission: creating more economic freedom in the World.

Greg Jensen joins Nicolai Tangen to discuss the forces reshaping global finance. They explore the AI resource grab for power and chips, and why talent competition matters. Greg shares how Bridgewater systematized 50 years of knowledge into algorithms through its "Secure Garden" platform, and discusses building an artificial investor to compete with human intuition. He also reveals how radical transparency and honest feedback drive decision-making at the world's largest hedge fund.

Russ Fradin is helping companies measure just how successful their AI actually is. He answers why the measurement infrastructure that unlocked internet advertising's trillion-dollar boom is exactly what's missing from AI, why your most productive employees are hiding their AI usage from management, and the uncomfortable truth that companies desperately buying AI tools have no idea whether anyone's actually using them - determining which AI companies survive the coming shakeout.

NotebookLM's functionality has dramatically improved. This tutorial explores the updated features, including context engineering through sources and the powerful Studio tab. Learn how to leverage these tools for efficient learning and enhanced productivity.

Alex Karp has led Palantir to the forefront of data analytics, national security and A.I. innovation. As surveillance technology and artificial intelligence expand their reach, questions around ethics, privacy and power are more urgent than ever. Hear Karp’s insights on balancing innovation with civil liberties in a rapidly changing technological landscape.

Building an interesting life requires the courage to choose one specific path and sacrifice the "other lives" you might have lived. Instead of the school system's approach of being average at everything, you should lean into your natural brilliance and specialize in what truly matters to you. To find your true purpose, look to your "shower thoughts"—the places your mind naturally wanders when you are free from the noise.

What will AI do to everything? Explore how AI is set to create a surge in new startups, reshaping employment as we know it. As jobs get displaced, the concept of big employment shifts, giving rise to smaller, more agile companies using AI tools for lower costs and new market demands. This will transform various sectors, from customer service to content creation, democratizing entrepreneurship globally and giving rise to new potential for startup growth.

Barry Zhang & Mahesh Murag from Anthropic talk about the past year: the rapid advancement of model intelligence and convergence on agent scaffolding. But there's still a gap: agents often lack the domain expertise and specialized knowledge needed for real-world work. Anthropic think Skills are the solution—a minimal form factor for packaging procedural knowledge that agents can dynamically load - a portable, composable approach to giving one agent capabilities across domains.

The first billion-dollar solo business is coming, and AI is what makes it possible. This video breaks down the exact path a single founder can take to build a highly profitable AI-powered business in 2026. From avoiding the mistakes that kill most startups to mastering the Founder’s Triangle, setting up your core business functions using the DREAM framework, and building moats that keep competitors out — this is a complete roadmap for turning one person and AI into success.

Rutger Bregman is a bestselling author, and the guy who went viral telling Davos billionaires to pay their taxes. In this conversation, we dig into the crisis of meaning pervading modern life: Why do so many of us feel like we’re wasting our potential? What’s behind the epidemic of “bullshit jobs”? What can the early abolitionists teach us about building pragmatic coalitions? And why might factory farming be the defining moral catastrophe future generations judge us for?

For nearly two decades, Box co-founder and CEO Aaron Levie has been at the frontlines of how technology reshapes work—guiding the company through the rise of mobile, the cloud, and now the age of AI. In his fireside with YC General Partner David Lieb at AI Startup School, Aaron reflects on what it means to adapt a company over the long term, the hard lessons of staying relevant across multiple technology waves, and why he believes AI represents the most transformative shift yet.

Young Zhao, CEO of OpusClip, shares how he built a $215M AI startup with 50M users after multiple failed attempts. In this episode of Silicon Valley Girl, Marina Mogilko breaks down a realistic 2026 playbook for building a profitable AI business — from finding the right problem and pivoting fast to getting your first users and pricing your product the right way. A practical conversation for founders, solopreneurs, and anyone serious about building an AI startup that actually makes money.

Oscar Hoglund built Epidemic Sound into a $1.4B company behind 3 billion daily views. He shares frameworks for scaling any business: understanding value chains, using AI to democratize professional tools, and why the "Three Why" analysis matters more than rushing into AI products. For founders and anyone building with AI.

How do billion-dollar brands actually do it? From genius marketing tactics that make them instantly memorable to some of the funniest mistakes ever made, there’s a psychology behind why certain brands stick. What are the principles top brands use, and how do they create content that people remember long after? Learned what can be studied from Five Guys burger and fries, what makes Guinness a genius at their craft and what the future of marketing and branding will look like with the advent of AI.

Joscha Bach explores the nature of consciousness, free will, and reality through the lens of computation, cognitive science, and philosophy. Rather than treating the mind as a mystical entity, Joscha frames consciousness as a constructed dream—a model generated by the brain to make sense of the world and coordinate behavior.