Y Combinator | Inside The Hard Tech Startups Turning Sci-Fi Into Reality @ycombinator | Uploaded April 2024 | Updated October 2024, 6 days ago.
YC has become a surprising force in the hard tech world, funding startups building physical products from satellites to rockets to electric planes. In this episode of Lightcone, we go behind the scenes to explore how YC advises founders on their ambitious startups. We also take a look at a number of YC's hard tech companies and how they got started with little time or money.
Chapters (Powered by bit.ly/chapterme-yc) -
00:00 - Coming Up
02:42 - YC's Model for Hard Tech
04:19 - Mindset Shift and Proving Technical Feasibility
08:30 - Examples
21:09 - Evaluating Risk in Hard Tech
22:18 - More Examples
37:12 - Vision Breakdown
44:09 - Mission-Oriented and Prototyping
46:25 - Robotics and Fundraising
47:58 - Outro