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Watch Kara Swisher’s Interview With Y Combinator President Sam Altman (Video)

Topics discussed include Reddit, entrepreneurship and founder culture.

by Noah Kulwin
Vjeran Pavic / Re/code

Sam Altman has his hands in everything.

He’s the president of the startup incubator Y Combinator, which has produced tech industry darlings including Stripe, Airbnb and Dropbox. He’s also a board member of Reddit. And he blogs extensively about entrepreneurs and startup culture.

Courtesy of our own Tyler Pina, watch his recent interview with Re/code executive editor Kara Swisher for the “Re/code Decode” podcast, where the two discuss the recent drama at Reddit, the state of entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley and more. To catch the rest of the podcast, featuring Lauren Goode on the “Internet of Things” and Mark Bergen talking about Google, you can listen here.

To check out the rest of our audio offerings, you can head over to www.recode.net/podcasts or visit our channel on iTunes.

This article originally appeared on Recode.net.

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