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The New Way To Build A Startup
Y Combinator Startup Podcast · 2026-02-14 · 8 min
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In the AI era, startups aren't winning by hiring faster - they're winning by automating as many internal functions as possible. In this episode of Main Function, Garry breaks down how tiny teams are beating companies 20x their size by building automations into every workflow, from engineering to ops to customer support.
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