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Garry Tan

Garry Tan

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Hi, I'm Garry Tan —I'm President & CEO of Y Combinator. I'm a designer, engineer, and investor in early stage startups. Previously Founder & Managing Partner of Initialized Capital, an early stage venture capital fund that was earliest in Coinbase and Instacart. Before that, I was a a partner at Y Combinator. Invested in and directly worked with over 700 companies the earliest possible stage, often just an idea. I cofounded Posterous and helped build it to a world-class website used by millions. (Acquired by Twitter) I also helped build the engineering team for Palantir Technology's quant finance analysis platform, and designed the current Palantir logo and wordmark. I love building things. Forbes Midas List 2019 through 2022 🚀

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last updated 27 Jan 2026

  • Change the Game Before the Game Changes You
    // Garry Tan

    Winning the Internal Game: Why High-Octane Success Requires New Rules

    Most founders are playing a rigged game where the house always wins. While the world tracks your net worth and social clout, the real danger is losing your mission to hedonism or neuroticism. Learn why you must rewrite your internal scoreboard before your own success destroys you.

    Jan 27, 2026
    2 min read
  • The Vale: Raising Builders, Not Consumers
    // Garry Tan

    The Builder's Crucible: Turning Failure and AI into Legacy

    Sep 16, 2025
    2 min read
  • Make Your Own Luck
    // Garry Tan

    Manufacturing Fortune: The Founder's Blueprint for Engineered Luck

    Jul 31, 2025
    2 min read
  • The Lesson of Craft
    // Garry Tan

    The Shokunin Startup: Forging Indispensable Products through Compounding

    Jul 23, 2025
    3 min read
  • Don’t be thirsty
    // Garry Tan

    The Art of Non-Attachment: Why Desperation is the Ultimate Deal Killer

    Jul 9, 2025
    2 min read
  • Sam Altman: This is the best time to build a startup ever
    // Garry Tan

    The AI Product Overhang: Why the Next Billion-Dollar Startups Are Being Built Now

    The gap between AI capability and actual products has never been wider, creating a massive vacuum for founders to fill. With costs dropping 5x in a single week and high-tier reasoning models about to run locally, the technical barriers to disruption have effectively vanished. The question isn't whether the technology is ready, but who will build the solutions before the window of opportunity slams shut.

    Jun 25, 2025
    2 min read
  • Sam Altman's advice to founders: Don't try to rebuild ChatGPT
    // Garry Tan

    Stop Building Wrappers: Why the OpenAI Ecosystem is Your Real Runway

    Most founders are making the fatal mistake of trying to compete directly with AI giants. Instead of building the next model, you should be building the specialized agents that turn existing platforms into high-growth engines. Learn how to pivot from a replicator to an architect before the window of opportunity slams shut.

    Jun 24, 2025
    2 min read
  • Steve Jobs' Hidden Blueprint for Insane Success
    // Garry Tan

    The Hacker’s Playbook: Stealing the DNA of Apple’s Disruptive Success

    The secret to Apple’s trillion-dollar dominance wasn't a business plan—it was a series of illegal phone hacks and a dropout's obsession with calligraphy. Most founders are playing it safe, while the real disruptors are busy treating the market like a maze they intend to conquer through sheer curiosity and calculated risk.

    Jun 23, 2025
    2 min read
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