When: Apr 15 2026 @ 5:00 PM
Y Combinator. How to Start a Startup. A person in a hoodie typing on a laptop sitting on a brick wall next to an old-fashioned desktop in front of an AI-generated illustration of Johns Hopkins University.

Y Combinator partner Diana Hu will be giving an off-the-record talk about startups. Joined by guest alumni speakers, the founders of Scheduling Wizard (Y Combinator W26), she will talk about what Y Combinator has learned from funding companies like Stripe, Twitch, Reddit, and Scale AI, all of which were started by college dropouts or new grads.

You don’t need to be working on a startup to attend—in fact, Y Combinator is especially interested in talking to students studying technical subjects like CS, math, and engineering who may not have thought much about doing a startup yet.

A reception with dinner will be held after the talk. Registration required to attend.