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Henry Chandonnet
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Y Combinator chose the Chase Center for its 2026 Startup School.
Y Combinator turned a sports arena into AI's biggest pep rally
Y Combinator filled the Chase Center with aspiring founders for its annual Startup School. Some compared it to a megachurch.
TL;DRAI
Y Combinator hosted Startup School at Chase Center with 6,000+ attendees (3x growth), featuring Sam Altman, Jensen Huang, and leaders from Anthropic, Meta, Google. YC abandons its 1% selectivity model for stadium-scale founder recruitment, commoditizing what was its scarcity-based competitive advantage.
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