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GPT-4.5 is here, and it has major big model energy. OpenAI's largest model to date, it excels at natural conversation, creative tasks and complex planning. YC General Partner Tom Blomfield breaks down why 4.5 matters, how it fits into the broader trajectory of AI development, and what founders need to know.

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00:00 - Intro
01:55 - GPT-4.5
04:28 - Testing
05:38 - Limitations
07:32 - Outro

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In this video, we unravel the shocking story of Wirecard - Europe's most spectacular corporate fraud that saw a fintech startup rise to a $24 billion valuation before collapsing in a web of lies and deception. What began as Germany's answer to Silicon Valley, with CEO Markus Brown styling himself as the next Steve Jobs, ended in a dramatic international manhunt and exposed the dark underbelly of startup culture.

We look at how Wirecard orchestrated an elaborate scheme of fake subsidiaries, fictitious profits, and nonexistent partnerships that fooled even Germany's top financial regulators. Watch as we dissect how this "fintech success story" managed to surpass Deutsche Bank in market value while building an empire on fraudulent foundations, and follow the mysterious trail of COO Jan Marsalek's theatrical escape to Belarus under alleged Russian intelligence protection.

Key takeaways include:
• How Wirecard manipulated its way to a $24 billion valuation through systematic deception and false reporting
• Why German regulator BaFin not only missed the fraud but actively pursued journalists trying to expose the truth
• The crucial warning signs that investors and regulators ignored, and how to spot them in the future

Host: Heini Zachariassen
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heini/

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Chapters
00:00 The Rise and Fall of Wirecard
03:12 The Illusion of Growth and Success
06:01 The Aftermath and Lessons Learned

Y Combinator President & CEO Garry Tan sits down with Dylan Field, co-founder and CEO of Figma, to discuss the evolving world of design in the age of AI, the challenging early days of the company, and how his team forever changed the way designers and engineers collaborate.

Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) -
0:00 Intro
0:56 How does Dylan view AI changing design?
5:19 Are founders still not focused enough on design?
6:09 Evolution of models (image, codegen etc.)
10:48 What SOTA interfaces Dylan is seeing right now
13:24 How Figma was started
20:53 First prototype to V1
23:48 Figma’s first features
28:31 Countering the initial hate for the product
31:00 Design culture inside Figma
33:27 What to do after 0 to 1
35:25 What’s the future of Figma?
37:00 Outro

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Hyundai Inster Luxury EV

Price: €21,182 – €25,585

Performance & Battery
• Power: 115 HP / 147 Nm
• Battery Capacity: 49 kWh
• Range: 360 km (City: 493 km)
• Top Speed: 150 km/h
• 0-100 km/h Acceleration: 10.6 sec
• Consumption: 15 kWh/100 km
• Charging:
• AC: 11 kW
• DC Fast Charging: 85 kW

Dimensions & Capacity
• Length: 3.82 m
• Width: 1.61 m
• Height: 1.61 m
• Wheelbase: 2.58 m
• Ground Clearance: 14 cm
• Turning Radius: 10.6 m
• Drag Coefficient: 0.30 Cd
• Weight: 1,428 kg
• Trunk Capacity: 238-351 L (up to 1,051 L with seats folded)

Suspension
• Front Suspension: MacPherson Independent
• Rear Suspension: Torsion Beam

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Gusto (https://gusto.com) made payroll and HR painless for small businesses, growing into a $9.6B company along the way.

In this episode of Founder Firesides, YC Managing Partner Harj Taggar sits down with Joshua Reeves, the co-founder and CEO of Gusto (W12). The conversation touches on how they built a payroll company from scratch, their customer-first approach to product design and culture, and a number of advice areas for new founders— such as choosing a problem space, earning the trust of early customers, and dealing with competition.

Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) -
0:00 Intro
1:13 What does Gusto do?
1:43 The first idea the Gusto founders applied with to YC
5:20 Advice to founders on choosing a problem space
10:24 Earning the trust of early customers
11:34 Convincing investors
14:36 Why fun design is an important part of the Gusto product
16:02 Having a peer group to ask for advice
17:50 Keeping startup speed while launching new products at scale
19:37 Advice to founders about competition
21:28 Why all of Gusto’s cofounders are still with the company
22:43 How will AI impact Gusto?
23:50 Outro + YC Summer Fellows Grants