Google co-founder Larry Page appeared at the Y Combinator meeting in December, where he spoke to a group of fall 2024 class of startups, talked about Google’s origins, and listened to founders talk about their startups.
Google co-founder Larry Page made a rare public appearance at Y Combinator, an event for startups held in San Francisco last month, Business Insider has learned.
Attendees said Mr. Page appeared on the event’s final day for the fall 2024 startup company group’s “office hours” and listened to founders talk about their business ideas. Y Combinator spokeswoman Lulu Meservey confirmed that Page attended the event.
Y Combinator is a startup incubator that hosts seasonal classes known as “batches” where up-and-coming startup founders can network and get advice from Silicon Valley’s biggest names.
Mr. Page was accompanied to the event by Y Combinator group partner Paul Buchheit, according to an attendee, who added that Mr. Page also shared anecdotes from the early days of Google. The person requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media about the incident.
Mr. Page is rarely seen in public these days.
He and Google co-founder Sergey Brin left their executive jobs at Alphabet in 2019, giving them time to pursue other business interests such as flying cars and disaster relief. Both remain on Alphabet’s board of directors and hold special voting shares that give them ultimate control of the company.
Brin returned to work on Google’s AI projects, but Page remained distant. He continues to financially support Pivotal, a startup working on electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles.
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