Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told founders at Y Combinator’s Startup School 2026 that this is the single greatest time in history to start a company, admitting he is jealous of the young entrepreneurs in the room. The 63-year-old billionaire, who has run Nvidia as if it were 30 days from going out of business for 33 years, urged first-time founders to stop overthinking and simply ask: how hard can it be? Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told founders at Y Combinator’s Startup School 2026 that this is the single greatest time in history to start a company, admitting he is jealous of the young entrepreneurs in the room. The 63-year-old billionaire, who has run Nvidia as if it were 30 days from going out of business for 33 years, urged first-time founders to stop overthinking and simply ask: how hard can it be?
