Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
In this chat from Startup School Paris, the founders of Photoroom expand on why going through YC transformed their ambition from a vague dream of building a billion-dollar company into a concrete, achievable plan.
Apply to Y Combinator: ycombinator.com/apply
Work at a startup: ycombinator.com/jobs
Chapters:
00:00 — Intro
00:27 — What Is Photoroom?
01:21 — Did You Know It Could Be This Big?
01:59 — How YC Changed Their Ambition
03:24 — Learning to Say "Billion" Out Loud
04:52 — Demo Day: Fastest Growing in the Batch
06:53 — Why Europeans Fear Big Ideas
08:12 — Why Ambition Actually Matters
09:13 — The Contrarian Take on Ambition
10:53 — The One-Way Door of VC
12:40 — Tactical Tricks to Aim Higher
14:43 — Add a Zero to Your Target
15:22 — Hiring for Global Ambition
17:14 — Ranking Projects by Impact
18:12 — What's the V-Zero?
19:15 — The $100M ARR Thought Exercise
20:24 — Depth Is Ambition
In this chat from Startup School Paris, the founders of Photoroom expand on why going through YC transformed their ambition from a vague dream of building a billion-dollar company into a concrete, achievable plan.
Apply to Y Combinator: ycombinator.com/apply
Work at a startup: ycombinator.com/jobs
Chapters:
00:00 — Intro
00:27 — What Is Photoroom?
01:21 — Did You Know It Could Be This Big?
01:59 — How YC Changed Their Ambition
03:24 — Learning to Say "Billion" Out Loud
04:52 — Demo Day: Fastest Growing in the Batch
06:53 — Why Europeans Fear Big Ideas
08:12 — Why Ambition Actually Matters
09:13 — The Contrarian Take on Ambition
10:53 — The One-Way Door of VC
12:40 — Tactical Tricks to Aim Higher
14:43 — Add a Zero to Your Target
15:22 — Hiring for Global Ambition
17:14 — Ranking Projects by Impact
18:12 — What's the V-Zero?
19:15 — The $100M ARR Thought Exercise
20:24 — Depth Is Ambition
