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S1E8 The S26 Email: What Getting In (and Not) Actually Means
Two founders applied to YC S26. One got in. One didn't. In this episode of Year One, Miles and Grant sit with both of them inside the moment the decision email arrived — and what happened next…
S1E3 Mato: Betting YC Will Turbocharge AI Podcasting
Alex Benz is applying to YC Summer 2026 while already sitting on $10k MRR, four enterprise customers, and a live AI podcast platform that actually works in production—and he has to decide whether to…
S1E1 Hex Security: $1M ARR in 8 Weeks
Fourteen companies in the YC W26 batch hit a million in ARR before Demo Day ended — three times more than the previous winter batch and the highest count in YC history. The question Miles and Grant…
S1E7 The S26 Call: Two Founders, One Decision Window
Two founders applied to YC S26 in the same window. One got the interview invite. One hit June 2 in silence. This Year One episode follows both through the moment the decision became real — and what…
S1E6 The Quiet Breakdown: What Year One Actually Costs
A founder walks into an all-hands meeting running the best quarter of her company's life, and realizes mid-sentence she has nothing left. Not tired. Empty. In this episode of Year One, Miles and…
S1E5 Jon: The Co-Founder Split Nobody Saw Coming
Jon Yoo closed a seed round for Suger, his YC Winter 2023 marketplace startup, and then his co-founder walked out. What followed was five weeks with zero customers, a solo rebuild, and a run from…
S1E4 W26: The Moment 'AI-Powered' Stopped Being Enough
A W26 founder walks into an investor meeting and one question about OpenAI exposure dismantles the entire pitch in real time. The stakes are immediate: was this a company or a feature with better…
S1E2 The SAFE Trap: What a W26 Founder Signed at 2am
A W26 founder signed a $40M post-money SAFE at 2am in a parking lot and thought she had made it. Six months later, three stacked SAFEs had quietly committed 30% of her company before a Series A…
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Year One has published 8 episodes since May 2026, covering topics in Business.
Year One is currently active with new episodes every few days. Average episode length is 16m.
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