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I Am Sam Altman, President of YC Group. AMA
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Re: I Am Sam Altman, President of YC Group. AMA
#312Do individuals have the opportunity to participate in funding start-ups via YC? If so, what type of minimum requirements exist for getting started? If not then how quickly can the [unrelated] problem below be solved, algorithmically Unrelated Problem: Given a set of numbers of length n, find a single rule that can map each item x to the corresponding item x+1
You can come to Demo Day and invest in YC startups there! Or did you mean invest in YC itself?
Awesome! I didn't realize it was an open event
Are they held on a regular basis?
Re: I Am Sam Altman, President of YC Group. AMA
#313Hi Sam, I would like to apply for Winter 2017. If we are not accepted for this batch, would it hurt our future chances (i.e. could we apply again for the next batch without being negatively affected).
Re: I Am Sam Altman, President of YC Group. AMA
#314Hi Sam, I would like to apply for Winter 2017. If we are not accepted for this batch, would it hurt our future chances (i.e. could we apply again for the next batch without being negatively affected).
No, it doesn't hurt future chances!
Re: I Am Sam Altman, President of YC Group. AMA
#315Inventors and innovators in Africa have a really hard time getting access to international markets and funding. Can you help?
Re: I Am Sam Altman, President of YC Group. AMA
#316I'm 27 and I've cofounded only one company in a lifestyle industry (video games). Despite being nearish the top of my particular field, I don't have a PhD in a relevant field like AI. Games are hard in that they are very competitive, but we're not exactly curing cancer. How behind am I, assuming my primary goal is maximizing positive impact on the world?
You are 27. Hard to imagine you'd be behind in anything.
But no reason to delay in making the impact you want.
Re: I Am Sam Altman, President of YC Group. AMA
#317How much investment money is simply "transferred" to local landlords in the bay area? Any ideas how your 'YC cities' thing is going to look?
I shudder to imagine. It's a real problem with the system.
Not yet.
Re: I Am Sam Altman, President of YC Group. AMA
#318How involved are you and Elon in OpenAI? What are your roles specifically, both for you and Elon?
We both go in most weeks for about half a day and talk to the team whenever they need.
Re: I Am Sam Altman, President of YC Group. AMA
#319What is the oldest age for a founder that you have accepted for YC?
Re: I Am Sam Altman, President of YC Group. AMA
#320What is the oldest age for a founder that you have accepted for YC?
Early 70s.