Y Combinator Invested In The Likes Of Coinbase, Reddit And AirBnb, Now Its CEO Has A Serious Warning For Students With A ‘Fake It Till You Make It’ Motto

All NewsJuly 11, 2025

YC CEO Garry Tan warns college entrepreneurs against fake-it-till-you-make-it attitude, citing Elizabeth Holmes and Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud cases. He criticizes universities for teaching students to lie and not embracing new tools like AI.

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