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The Lobster Talks Podcast by Lobster Capital — 96 episodes
40% Hate-Rate: The Secret GTM of the Most Viral Founder in YC W25
$175M Valuation Before YC... +$1M ARR Every 2 Weeks During the Batch
Beyond the Prompt: Building the Next Generation of AI Video
Stop Being a Coder. Start Being an AI Boss.
YC Rejections & AI Pivots: How Hyperspell Won the Batch
AI vs a $5.6B School Software Monopoly
10 YC Startups Hit $100M Valuations - W26 Demo Day Breakdown
The Founder Who Did YC 9 Years Apart: What Changed, What Didn't?
$60M Bet on AI Replacing Addiction Therapy
YC Founder Fixes $2.7T Gov Waste with AI
From Loom Rival to AI Video Powerhouse
Vibe Coding: YC's New Founder Test
YC Founder Cracks Europe's Preventive Health Goldmine
The AI Gold Rush Isn’t SaaS. It’s Factories
The #1 Pain in Law Firms, Solved with AI.
$50K Focus Groups Are About to Be Replaced by AI
Will 2026 Be Venture Capital’s Best Ever Year?
This YC Company Made AI Mandatory by Law
Replacing GPS: Inside YC’s Universal Positioning System Startup
From YC Pivot to Profit: The AI Tax Hack Creators Need
Why Voice AI Will Outsell Your Best Reps
F25 Demo Day: YC's Biggest EVER Valuation
200K Users, No Ad Spend: HeRA’s Figma-Play for Motion Graphics
We Picked our YC Favorites Before Demo Day
The YC Startup Fixing Healthcare’s $260B Problem
How a Last-Minute YC App Became a Global Payroll Wedge
The Startup Turning Your AirPods Into a Virtual Assistant
How is this YC startup 90% cheaper than AWS?
Is Crypto Back at YC? (+ The New Rules for Series A)
This Startup Brought a Remote-Controlled Excavator at Demo Day
The Most Overlooked Startup from YC S25
Garry Tan Invited Him Into YC
This YC Startup Exposes the AI Secrets the Top 1% Don’t Share
YC Demo Day: What Happens Off-Stage
The 32-Second Advantage: truemetrics vs. Google Maps
The Startup Who Tested Reality Before Launch
Inside YC’s Boldest RFS Yet: AI, Agents & More
Killing the Timeline: Mosaic’s Bold Future for Video Editing
#1 Trending on GitHub: The Open Source Playbook by Daniel Farrell of Onlook
The First AI Cofounder? How Woz is Changing Startups
Why Top Funds Are Panicking About YC Startups
From Dorm Room to a MILLION Users in 24 Hours — The YouLearn Story with David Yu
Reinventing Email with AI - This YC Startup Might Replace Gmail
Building the AI Insurance Giant From Scratch
Self-Improving Voice Bots: Replacing 100 Agents with AI
From YC to Viral: Prady's Wild AI Video Bet & the Future of Video Editing
YC Spring 25 : Is This the Best Batch Ever? X25 Demo Day Highlights
90% Lose Debt Lawsuits — He Built the Fix
Vibe Coding: Will AI Replace Designers & Engineers by 2027?
YC’s AI Agent Blitz: Why “Full-Stack” Startups Are the Next Gold Rush 🚀
Stop Blaming LLMs: ZeroEntropy’s Founder on Killing AI Hallucinations & Building ‘Impossible’ Search
They Shrunk a Particle Accelerator 1,000× to Beat ASML — Inside Inversion Semiconductor’s Moonshot
The Future of Zero Gravity Manufacturing | Stef from Reditus Space
YC Investing Secrets Revealed: Navigating Uncertainty in 2025
From (almost) Homeless to $1B in LOIs: Building Space Hardware with $2
Inside YC’s Record-Breaking Demo Day: AI Startups Hitting $50M Profits at Launch!
Building Data Centers in Space?! StarCloud’s Mission to Revolutionize Compute
From Zero to Unicorn: How Airbyte Is Revolutionizing Data Integration (feat. Michel Tricot)
How a 3x Founder Became an Investor in Startups & Funds (and Why He’s Back as CEO!)
Using AI to automate climate: How Offstream Is Simplifying Carbon Compliance
From creating Google Slides, back to YC Partner, and Beyond: Wayne Crosby’s Journey & New Startup Orgorg.com
YC’s Rapid-Fire Request For Startups: How AI Is Reshaping Tech Investing & Innovation
From 150K in Revenue to a Bold Pivot: How YC Founder Jason Fan Rewrote His Startup Playbook
From Scrappy MVP to AI-Driven Success: Jiga’s Journey to Transform Manufacturing
YC in 2025: 4 Batches, AI’s Rapid Rise, and Europe’s Next Moves
From a $3M Seed to $100M+ in Revenue: The AI-Powered Fintech Unicorn Story
Powering the Future: Valentin on Batteries and Ionworks
Y Combinator's Fall 2024 Demo Day: Analyzing the Shift Back to In-Person
Debunking misconceptions about Y Combinator
Lobster Capital's approach to S24 YC Batch and AI Investments
Y Combinator's Evolution: S24 Demo Day, AI, 4 Batches, and the Rise of B2B
Mastering the Art of the Exit: Madeleine D'Angelo's YC Journey to a Masterworks Acquisition
Piramidal- AI Meets EEG: How This YC Startup is using AI Models to Decode Brainwaves
Investing in YC Startups with Early Traction - A Case Study in Baubap | Episode 22
The Co-Founder's Dilemma & The Unconscious Mind: Candid Conversations on Startup Leadership with Founders of Torch
Why Invest in Y Combinator Startups? The Lobster Capital Advantage | Episode 20
Coba - Say Goodbye to Payment Hassles! Discover The YC Startup for Cross-Border Transactions in Latin America | Episode 19
Dime- The "Central Nervous System" for Factories with Y Combinator Founder Ashish Bajaj | Episode 18
Just Words - Automating Content A/B Testing using AI with Neha Mittal, Ex-Twitter & Pinterest Growth Lead | Episode 17
Astroforge - The Future of Mining in Space, a Conversation With Founder Matt Gialich on Low-Cost Asteroid Mining | Episode 16
How Do You Achieve a Top 1% YC Exit? DrChrono & JustPaid.io Founder Daniel Kivatinos Reveals the Formula
Saatvy- Pivoting From AI Trust and Safety to Ayurveda Wellness for Chronic Conditions (A YC Founder’s Story) | Episode 14
Elodin- Building the Unreal Engine for Aerospace with Ex-Military Founder Daniel Driscoll | Episode 13
Common Paper: The YC Startup Simplifying B2B Contracts with Open-Source Solutions | Episode 12
OpenMeter - The YC Startup Providing Open-Source Usage Metering for AI and API Monetization | Episode 11
Luca - The YC Startup that Optimizes Your Retail Prices with AI and Machine Learning to Maximize Your Profits | Episode 10
FanCave: The YC Startup Changing the Game of College Sports Recruiting Through Superfans
Celest - The YC Startup Unlocking the Power of Dart & Flutter for Every Screen
PointOne: The Future of Law - How AI is Transforming the Legal Industry
Pana: The YC Fintech Startup Building Financial Inclusion for US Hispanics with Digital Banking
Middleware: The YC Startup Slashing Cloud Monitoring Costs & Observability | Episode 5
Trayd - The YC Startup Bringing Same-Day Pay to 7 Million Construction Workers in the U.S. | Episode 4
Siglo: The Startup That Brings Affordable, Pay-As-You-Go Internet for Latin America | Episode 3
Rewriting the Rules of Weddings & Event Payment - The Maroo Story with Alex Nikityuk | Episode 2
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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