Bruins in YC: Panel and Q&A

​Join Bruin Entrepreneurs for a live panel with five UCLA alums who are now building startups in Y Combinator. They'll share how they found a problem worth going all in on, what applying to YC was really like, and what changed for their companies during the program. Bring your questions for the open Q&A.

​Y Combinator is the world's most selective startup accelerator. It's the program behind Airbnb, Stripe, DoorDash, Coinbase, and Dropbox, and it accepts only about 1% of the companies that apply. Getting in means funding, a network of thousands of founders, and instant credibility with top investors.

​PANELISTS

​Kush Agarwal, Aviern (YC Fall 2026) Autonomous cargo aircraft that carry freight between small airports without pilots. UCLA Aerospace Engineering

​Meet Modi, AgentPhone (YC Spring 2026) Phone numbers for AI agents, so they can call and text across SMS, iMessage, WhatsApp and more. UCLA Computer Science & Linguistics

​Kratik Agrawal, Kinect (YC Spring 2026) AI agents that personalize product pages for each shopper and run sales conversations like an in-store concierge. UCLA Computer Science

​Nathan Leung, Harbor (YC Spring 2026) Software and services that help medical device and biotech companies run faster, more predictable clinical trials. UCLA Pure Math

​Janak Sunil, Specific Labs (YC Fall 2025) Real-world business data used to train and test AI. UCLA Economics & Data Science

​FORMAT Moderated panel discussion, followed by open Q&A.

​Thursday, December 3, 6-7 PM PT, on Zoom. The link will be sent to registered guests.

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