It hasn't been smooth sailing for startups this year. As this week's guest Nick Cobb puts it "You can add bank runs to the list of things founders have to deal with." Of course, it hasn't been easy going for engineering leaders either. That's why Nick, the VP of Engineering & Head of Product at Kyte, sat down with us to discuss how to build an engineer ... Show More
Sep 1
Why software factories fail without humans | HumanLayer, Warp & LinearB
In this special episode, Andrew hosts HumanLayer CEO Dexter Horthy, Warp Head of Product Engineering Aloke Desai, and LinearB COO Dan Lines. They debate why human ownership of pull requests remains nonnegotiable and how to implement "night vision" observability across automated w ... Show More
58m 39s
Aug 28
Build fences not sandboxes, earn the currency of trust, and share the cognitive burden of agents across engineers
This week on the Friday Deploy, Ben and Andrew evaluate the strange arrival of Ox Alpha and debate the security risks of black-box AI tools. They also explore why engineering trust is more critical than ever, revisit the controversial lines of code metric in the age of AI generat ... Show More
36 m
Mar 2025
How To Navigate Co-Founder Disputes
Technical skills build startups—but oftentimes, people skills can save them. So how do you navigate the disagreements and conflict that inevitably arise with a co-founder? In this episode of the Lightcone, our hosts share what they've learned for managing these critical, yet ofte ... Show More
42 m
Aug 2024
Venture returns, recovering startups, and VC conflicts | E1995
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1h 27m
Feb 2025
The Right (And Wrong) Way To Spend Money At Your Startup
<p>Many startups fail because they run out of money. So how should you think about how to spend the money you raise?</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of Office Hours, YC General Partners Brad Flora, Pete Koomen, Nicolas Dessaigne, and Gustaf Alströmer discuss how to spend respons ... Show More
29m 6s
Mar 2023
Banking crisis impact, more Meta cuts, and GPT-4 with Sunny Madra and Vinny Lingham | E1700
Vinny and Sunny are BACK with Jason for another roundtable! First, they cover the aftermath of the bank shutdowns (2:54) before breaking down the impact on startups and the overall economy. (14:14) They also cover Zuckerberg announcing more cuts at Meta (1:05:49) and OpenAI launc ... Show More
1h 22m