Tweet by paultoo
June 17, 2025
Not many people know this, but OpenAI was actually started at YC in 2015, and was initially known as "YC Research". We were concerned that all of the AI technology would be locked up inside of one company (Google), and so created a "moonshot" effort to make the technology available to all, including future YC companies. It's difficult to convey how crazy and unlikely this all seemed 10 years ago, but here we are :)
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