Reading up on Garry Tan
7 deep · digging since jan 15
- Garry Tan, the CEO of YC, accused me of unethical reporting
An HN commenter argues progressive prosecutors like Boudin and Foxx failed not due to ideology but from poor management and inability to retain experienced staff.
- Half the AI Agent Market Is One Category. The Rest Is Wide Open.
Software engineering accounts for half of AI agent usage, leaving healthcare, legal, and other verticals as greenfield opportunities for founders to build domain-specific agents.
- When Will They Take Our Jobs?
Even if AI capabilities continue advancing, human employment may persist for 10-20 years during the 'Cyborg Era' but will eventually end as AI becomes superior, though premature policy interventions to protect jobs should be avoided.
Takes
If you're building a startup here are the 10 best GitHub repos that can save you dozens of hours and thousands of dollars: 1. gstack by Garry Tran Use Garry Tan’s Claude Code setup: 23 tools for CEO, Design, Eng, Release, Docs, and QA.
@hasantoxr
One person plus 20 agents working simultaneously can outperform an entire department of engineers at a magnificent 7 big tech co https://app.dealroom.co/news/note/garry-tan-on-the-new-rules-for-founders-the-2-4b-palantir-miss-and-why-a-markdown-file-is-an-employee
@garrytan
Stop building Foxconn factories for your agents
@garrytan
possibly the sharpest VC marketing move I've seen... @garrytan ships 15 claude code skills, the repo hits 37k stars and 4.6k forks, then -- only after delivering real value - drops the pitch, bravo 👏:
@kevinrose