YC Founder Night
YC Founder Night · AI Agents: From Products to Markets
AI agents have moved past the demo stage — the real question now is which ones get adopted, how they get priced, and how builders turn them into businesses. YC Founder Night brings together the AI founders, builders, and investors shaping that next phase: from individual agent products to open, reusable agent markets.
Hosted by FinChip.AI
Co-hosted by GMI Cloud & Goodvision.ai
Format: Founder-led discussion + panels, followed by networking
💬 About As AI agents move beyond early demos, the questions are shifting: which agents actually get adopted, how they should be commercialized, and how startups build defensibility as models keep improving. At FinChip.AI, we believe the next phase moves from individual agent products toward broader agent markets — where agents, skills, workflows, and domain expertise become reusable, verifiable, priceable, and deployable across companies.
✅ Confirmed Speakers
Gary Yang, Incubation Investor, FinChip.AI
Chelsey Huang, Co-Founder & CIO, FinChip.AI
Yijie Hong, Director of Engineering, GMI Cloud
Kevin Leffew, GTM Lead, Coinbase Developer Platform
Gagan Mac, VP Product, Circle (USDC｜Arc)
John Lin, Managing Partner, Linea VC
Brett Liu, Investment Lead, Sixty degree capital
Viki Huang, investor ,Prosperity 7
Yi Zhong, Co-Founder, Besimple AI (YC P25)
Kathryn Wu, Co-Founder, Openmart (YC W24)
Aaron Yu, Co-Founder & CTO, QualGent (YC P25)
Maximilian Arnold, Co-Founder & COO, Ontora (YC S26)
🗓️ Agenda 5:00 – 5:30 PM · Early Check-in + Live Builder Interviews Casual networking and short livestream interviews — what founders are building, the skills they're creating, and what they're looking for.
5:30 – 6:00 PM · Registration + Networking
6:00 – 6:05 PM · Host Opening
6:05 – 6:12 PM · Opening Remarks: GMI Cloud Compute infrastructure and ecosystem support for AI builders.
6:12 – 6:20 PM · Opening Remarks: FinChip.AI Why AI founders, agents, skills, and open networks matter now.
6:20 – 6:45 PM · Panel 1 — From Vibe Coding to Revenue Financial Layer, GTM & Monetization for AI Builders. Moving from demos to products people pay for: developer platforms, stablecoins, wallets, payments, capital, and repeatable GTM.
6:45 – 7:15 PM · YC Founder Lightning Talks Four YC founders, five minutes each, with quick Q&A.
7:20 – 7:45 PM · Panel 2 — Beyond Demo: From Product to Users, Revenue & Scale How early teams validate demand, convert users into revenue, and build repeatable growth after Demo Day.
7:45 – 7:50 PM · Closing Remarks
7:50 – 8:00 PM · Networking
👥 Who Will Be in the Room YC founders, AI founders and builders, investors, and startup operators working on AI-native products, agent infrastructure, enterprise automation, and agent marketplaces.