Sam Altman makes 'mic drop' offer to every Y Combinator startup | TechCrunch
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Altman offered to have OpenAI invest in every single startup in this Y Combinator class: tokens for equity.
Sam Altman makes 'mic drop' offer to every Y Combinator startup | TechCrunch Image Credits: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg / Getty Images Venture Sam Altman makes ‘mic drop’ offer to every Y Combinator startup Julie Bort 2:23 PM PDT · May 20, 2026 During a Y Combinator event on Tuesday night, Sam Altman had what YC partner Tyler Bosmeny called a “mic drop moment.” Altman offered $2 million worth of OpenAI tokens to every startup in the current class in exchange for equity in the startup. In other words, he promised that OpenAI would invest in the whole class, not with
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