YC Startup School 2026 — a knowledge graph · powered by Bestmate← bestmateYC Startup School 2026<br>What eight speakers actually said, where they agreed without coordinating, and what I took from it.

JensenBorisPatrickAlexandrSamPeterMichaelJeffthemespeakerclaim▶filmed momentsverbatimtranscript repairedparaphrase — Kaya's notes✦ How this worksKaya's takes off<br>Judgment is the scarce inputVerification & controlOpen & decentralizedConviction before consensusThe primitives are mundaneSystems thinking survives automationBest time ever — with receiptsAI eliminates tasks, not jobsResilience, fun, and not poisoning your soulAgents that run for weeksPolicy & concentration of powerJHJensen HuangBCBoris ChernyPCPatrick CollisonAWAlexandr WangSASam AltmanPPeterMKMichael KratsiosJDJeff Dean▶▶▶▶▶<br>How to read this graph<br>kind=verbatim: clean transcript quote. kind=repaired: machine-transcription noise fixed where intent was unambiguous. kind=paraphrase: summarized from my notes or from unclear audio — not a quote.<br>Start with judgment — the white-ringed center node — then follow the big hubs. Size = how much was said there; color = who said it. Click any node for the receipts.