Two Y Combinator partners are coming to Harvard to give an off-the-record talk about startups.

Jared Friedman and Ankit Gupta are both Harvard alums, both started YC companies when they were ~22 that raised over $200M , and are now both YC partners.

We’ll talk about our own experiences leaving Harvard and starting companies. We'll also talk about what YC has learned from funding companies like Stripe, Twitch, Reddit, and Scale AI, which were all started by college drop-outs or new grads.

This is a talk for people who are interested in starting a startup and want to hear the real story of what it is like to be a founder, what they should do to prepare for it, and what mistakes to avoid. We’re especially interested in talking to students studying technical subjects like CS, math and engineering who may not have thought much about doing a startup but are curious to learn more.

We’ll also talk about the latest things happening in AI in Silicon Valley and why the AI boom has caused YC to fund 4x as many college students as 2022.

RSVP

We'll hold a reception with dinner and drinks after the talk and would love to meet everyone interested in startups.

If you are actively working on a startup and would like to do 1-1 office hours with us, you can also sign up for that here: https://events.ycombinator.com/yc-harvard-office-hours