SamNav
SamNav Archive 2014 New RFS -- Breakthrough Technologies
SA-2014-03 · Entry 0033Public essay

New RFS -- Breakthrough Technologies

We’d like for Y Combinator to fund more breakthrough technology companies—companies that solve an important problem, have a very long time horizon, and are based on an underlying technological or scientific breakthrough....

Published 2014-03-19 6 min read 1,270 words 4 topics
Before you set out 2/5 Navigation SeverityPoorly MarkedFindable with effort. The title or placement undersells what is actually inside.

Summary

SamNav editorial

We’d like for Y Combinator to fund more breakthrough technology companies—companies that solve an important problem, have a very long time horizon, and are based on an underlying technological or scientific breakthrough....

Excerpt · opening linespulled from source
We’d like for Y Combinator to fund more breakthrough technology companies—companies that solve an important problem, have a very long time horizon, and are based on an underlying technological or scientific breakthrough. Not many people try to start these companies, so starting a company that will require a huge amount of time and money is an automatic competitive
SamNav stores no post bodies. Only enough to orient you - the rest lives at the source.
Original source
Read the full essay on Sam Altman's blog
blog.samaltman.com/new-rfs-breakthrough-technologies
Opens the original in a new tab · last reachable 2026-06-05
Go to source