I don’t know much about YC lore, but pg seemed like a pretty “buttoned up” person, and then came Altman and Tan, more freewheeling loose cannon types. Is that right?Is that just the new ilk for this generation of tech leaders?
PG had a rule of no politics, even though he made many political donations and made unjustful imprisonment and overturning the death penalty one of his pet projects.
Michael Seibel, Geoff Ralston, and Sam Altman were all very apolitical CEOs. Sam was the most, but usually it was only general/presidential election stuff. YC also does some lobbying with investors like Ron Conway, who in the past has supported gun control policy.
Garry Tan is the only YC CEO with insanely thin skin.
