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The Lobster Talks Podcast by Lobster Capital — 111 episodes

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He Sold Firebase to Google. Now He’s Building Tasklet

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How Panta Is Building a 10x More Efficient Insurance Brokerage

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60% of What Chemo Kills Is Healthy. They Have a Fix.

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60% of What Chemo Kills Is Healthy. They Have a Fix.

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Meet YC’s First AI Founder... It’s Already Making Money

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The AI Health Assistant He Wished Existed | Juno (YC P26)

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This YC Founder Gives Away What Others Sell for Millions

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Insurance Puts Hospitals On Hold On Purpose. His AI Waits Them Out

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They Said Electric Cargo Ships Were Impossible. Now They're Funding Him..

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YC Valuations Are Getting Insane (P26 Demo Day Debrief)

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2 Million Downloads a Week — By Giving Everything Away for Free

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How to Ace YC Demo Day

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The Crazy Plan To Power AI Without The Grid

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Why VCs Are Wrong About VR (And How This Startup Made Millions)

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Building a Hotel on the Moon: The Next Trillion-Dollar Wedge

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40% Hate-Rate: The Secret GTM of the Most Viral Founder in YC W25

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$175M Valuation Before YC... +$1M ARR Every 2 Weeks During the Batch

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Beyond the Prompt: Building the Next Generation of AI Video

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Stop Being a Coder. Start Being an AI Boss.

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YC Rejections & AI Pivots: How Hyperspell Won the Batch

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AI vs a $5.6B School Software Monopoly

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10 YC Startups Hit $100M Valuations - W26 Demo Day Breakdown

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The Founder Who Did YC 9 Years Apart: What Changed, What Didn't?

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$60M Bet on AI Replacing Addiction Therapy

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YC Founder Fixes $2.7T Gov Waste with AI

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From Loom Rival to AI Video Powerhouse

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Vibe Coding: YC's New Founder Test

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YC Founder Cracks Europe's Preventive Health Goldmine

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The AI Gold Rush Isn’t SaaS. It’s Factories

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The #1 Pain in Law Firms, Solved with AI.

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$50K Focus Groups Are About to Be Replaced by AI

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Will 2026 Be Venture Capital’s Best Ever Year?

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This YC Company Made AI Mandatory by Law

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Replacing GPS: Inside YC’s Universal Positioning System Startup

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From YC Pivot to Profit: The AI Tax Hack Creators Need

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Why Voice AI Will Outsell Your Best Reps

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F25 Demo Day: YC's Biggest EVER Valuation

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200K Users, No Ad Spend: HeRA’s Figma-Play for Motion Graphics

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We Picked our YC Favorites Before Demo Day

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The YC Startup Fixing Healthcare’s $260B Problem

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How a Last-Minute YC App Became a Global Payroll Wedge

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The Startup Turning Your AirPods Into a Virtual Assistant

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How is this YC startup 90% cheaper than AWS?

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Is Crypto Back at YC? (+ The New Rules for Series A)

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This Startup Brought a Remote-Controlled Excavator at Demo Day

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The Most Overlooked Startup from YC S25

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Garry Tan Invited Him Into YC

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This YC Startup Exposes the AI Secrets the Top 1% Don’t Share

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YC Demo Day: What Happens Off-Stage

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The 32-Second Advantage: truemetrics vs. Google Maps

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The Startup Who Tested Reality Before Launch

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Inside YC’s Boldest RFS Yet: AI, Agents & More

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Killing the Timeline: Mosaic’s Bold Future for Video Editing

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#1 Trending on GitHub: The Open Source Playbook by Daniel Farrell of Onlook

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The First AI Cofounder? How Woz is Changing Startups

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Why Top Funds Are Panicking About YC Startups

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From Dorm Room to a MILLION Users in 24 Hours — The YouLearn Story with David Yu

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Reinventing Email with AI - This YC Startup Might Replace Gmail

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Building the AI Insurance Giant From Scratch

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Self-Improving Voice Bots: Replacing 100 Agents with AI

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From YC to Viral: Prady's Wild AI Video Bet & the Future of Video Editing

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YC Spring 25 : Is This the Best Batch Ever? X25 Demo Day Highlights

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90% Lose Debt Lawsuits — He Built the Fix

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Vibe Coding: Will AI Replace Designers & Engineers by 2027?

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YC’s AI Agent Blitz: Why “Full-Stack” Startups Are the Next Gold Rush 🚀

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Stop Blaming LLMs: ZeroEntropy’s Founder on Killing AI Hallucinations & Building ‘Impossible’ Search

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They Shrunk a Particle Accelerator 1,000× to Beat ASML — Inside Inversion Semiconductor’s Moonshot

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The Future of Zero Gravity Manufacturing | Stef from Reditus Space

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YC Investing Secrets Revealed: Navigating Uncertainty in 2025

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From (almost) Homeless to $1B in LOIs: Building Space Hardware with $2

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Inside YC’s Record-Breaking Demo Day: AI Startups Hitting $50M Profits at Launch!

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Building Data Centers in Space?! StarCloud’s Mission to Revolutionize Compute

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From Zero to Unicorn: How Airbyte Is Revolutionizing Data Integration (feat. Michel Tricot)

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How a 3x Founder Became an Investor in Startups & Funds (and Why He’s Back as CEO!)

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Using AI to automate climate: How Offstream Is Simplifying Carbon Compliance

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From creating Google Slides, back to YC Partner, and Beyond: Wayne Crosby’s Journey & New Startup Orgorg.com

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YC’s Rapid-Fire Request For Startups: How AI Is Reshaping Tech Investing & Innovation

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From 150K in Revenue to a Bold Pivot: How YC Founder Jason Fan Rewrote His Startup Playbook

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From Scrappy MVP to AI-Driven Success: Jiga’s Journey to Transform Manufacturing

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YC in 2025: 4 Batches, AI’s Rapid Rise, and Europe’s Next Moves

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From a $3M Seed to $100M+ in Revenue: The AI-Powered Fintech Unicorn Story

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Powering the Future: Valentin on Batteries and Ionworks

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Y Combinator's Fall 2024 Demo Day: Analyzing the Shift Back to In-Person

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Debunking misconceptions about Y Combinator

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Lobster Capital's approach to S24 YC Batch and AI Investments

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Y Combinator's Evolution: S24 Demo Day, AI, 4 Batches, and the Rise of B2B

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Mastering the Art of the Exit: Madeleine D'Angelo's YC Journey to a Masterworks Acquisition

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Piramidal- AI Meets EEG: How This YC Startup is using AI Models to Decode Brainwaves

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Investing in YC Startups with Early Traction - A Case Study in Baubap | Episode 22

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The Co-Founder's Dilemma & The Unconscious Mind: Candid Conversations on Startup Leadership with Founders of Torch

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Why Invest in Y Combinator Startups? The Lobster Capital Advantage | Episode 20

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Coba - Say Goodbye to Payment Hassles! Discover The YC Startup for Cross-Border Transactions in Latin America | Episode 19

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Dime- The "Central Nervous System" for Factories with Y Combinator Founder Ashish Bajaj | Episode 18

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Just Words - Automating Content A/B Testing using AI with Neha Mittal, Ex-Twitter & Pinterest Growth Lead | Episode 17

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Astroforge - The Future of Mining in Space, a Conversation With Founder Matt Gialich on Low-Cost Asteroid Mining | Episode 16

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How Do You Achieve a Top 1% YC Exit? DrChrono & JustPaid.io Founder Daniel Kivatinos Reveals the Formula

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Saatvy- Pivoting From AI Trust and Safety to Ayurveda Wellness for Chronic Conditions (A YC Founder’s Story) | Episode 14

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Elodin- Building the Unreal Engine for Aerospace with Ex-Military Founder Daniel Driscoll | Episode 13

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Common Paper: The YC Startup Simplifying B2B Contracts with Open-Source Solutions | Episode 12

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OpenMeter - The YC Startup Providing Open-Source Usage Metering for AI and API Monetization | Episode 11

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Luca - The YC Startup that Optimizes Your Retail Prices with AI and Machine Learning to Maximize Your Profits | Episode 10

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FanCave: The YC Startup Changing the Game of College Sports Recruiting Through Superfans

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Celest - The YC Startup Unlocking the Power of Dart & Flutter for Every Screen

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PointOne: The Future of Law - How AI is Transforming the Legal Industry

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Pana: The YC Fintech Startup Building Financial Inclusion for US Hispanics with Digital Banking

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Middleware: The YC Startup Slashing Cloud Monitoring Costs & Observability | Episode 5

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Trayd - The YC Startup Bringing Same-Day Pay to 7 Million Construction Workers in the U.S. | Episode 4

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Siglo: The Startup That Brings Affordable, Pay-As-You-Go Internet for Latin America | Episode 3

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Rewriting the Rules of Weddings & Event Payment - The Maroo Story with Alex Nikityuk | Episode 2

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BoldVoice: How a Non-Native Speaker Built an App to Improve English Pronunciation (The Start-up Perfect Origin Story) | Episode 01

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