How I got into YC | Marcos Rico Peng

Marcos Rico Peng gained a huge following filming his journey training for the 2024 Paris Olympics while being a software engineer at Linkedin. This experience along with his technical programming skills enabled him to score and interview and get accepted to into the prestigious YCombinator accelerator program. Marcos and his co-founder Harrison are building Palmier (YC S24) an AI-native code repository. We chat about the AI Wave, the need for what Marcos is building, getting grilled by Michael Seibel, leveraging distribution for his product, and more!

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:50 - Introduction & Marcus’s Background
03:53 - Swimming for the #1 Team in the Nation
07:11 - Balancing LinkedIn and Olympic Training
09:56 - Building a YouTube Following
12:14 - Strategies for Viral YouTube Content
19:42 - Y Combinator & The Michael Seibel Roast
23:36 - Learning from Y Combinator’s Elite Mentors
36:53 - Vision for Palmer and the Path to IPO

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