1964–present · startups, programming, essays, venture capital
Paul Graham (1964–present) is a British-born computer scientist, essayist, and venture capitalist. He co-founded Viaweb, the first software-as-a-service company, which was sold to Yahoo in 1998, and later co-founded Y Combinator, the influential startup accelerator that helped launch companies like Airbnb, Dropbox, and Stripe. He is widely known for his essays on technology, startups, and thinking, which have shaped a generation of founders and technologists.