I am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator – AMA • Hacker News Board

Re: I am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator – AMA

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Post by sama » Fri, Oct 09, 2015, 4:09 PM UTC

Rainymood wrote: post #17

Name the most influential person in your life! I'm really curious!

No huge surprises here, but probably Paul Graham, Peter Thiel, and Elon Musk have done the most to influence my thinking about investing and technology.

Re: I am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator – AMA

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Post by joeyspn » Fri, Oct 09, 2015, 4:09 PM UTC

What are your views on the singularity and transhumanism? Do you think a day will come when we'll have to somewhat trascend our human existence in order to keep up with the pace of tech advancements?

Re: I am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator – AMA

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Post by DBCerigo » Fri, Oct 09, 2015, 4:09 PM UTC

Could you tell us more about YC Research? Such as (but definitely not restricted to);

- Initial starting size

- How you will be picking researchers

- Any particularly novel initiatives/methodologies that will be encouraged

- How you will measure the group's success

Re: I am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator – AMA

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Post by ddamico » Fri, Oct 09, 2015, 4:09 PM UTC

Hey Sam! Best actionable advice you can give to a room full of entrepreneurs in 60 seconds?

Re: I am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator – AMA

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Post by akhilgupta82 » Fri, Oct 09, 2015, 4:09 PM UTC

Hi Sam, I was wondering how one can get involved in helping out at YC during the batches. Sort of a role where you can work and help out the companies with any questions / requests they have. Basically additional hands on deck for the YC partners.