Y Combinator on Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act
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| Source ID | sn61vl0rdw |
| Source URL | www.transformernews.ai/p/a16z-y-combinator-big-tech-sb1047-lobbying |
| Parent | Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act |
| Children | — |
| Created | Mar 21, 2026, 1:30 AM |
| Updated | May 6, 2026, 8:09 PM |
| Synced | May 6, 2026, 8:09 PM |
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id | sn61vl0rdw |
policyEntityId | Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act(policy) |
stakeholderEntityId | Y Combinator(organization) |
stakeholderDisplayName | Y Combinator |
position | oppose |
importance | medium |
reason | CEO Garry Tan signed June 2024 letter to California lawmakers claiming 'AI software developers could go to jail' under SB 1047; actively campaigned against the bill on social media |
source | www.transformernews.ai/p/a16z-y-combinator-big-tech-sb1047-lobbying |
context | [ "Top startup accelerator; early backer of OpenAI (opposes), Stripe, Airbnb", "Sam Altman (OpenAI CEO) was former YC president (2014-2019)", "YC-funded startups would face compliance costs under the bill", "Garry Tan (YC CEO) was vocal opponent on social media" ] |
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