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The Birth of Pete Davidson.

A tweet by Paul Graham titled "The Birth of Pete Davidson" featuring an image, though the content appears to be a humorous or metaphorical reference rather than a literal birth announcement.

Background

- The image shows a slide from Paul Graham's 2012 talk "How to Start a Startup," which lists the birth dates and names of famous startup founders (Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, etc.) in the 1970s and 1980s, then adds "Pete Davidson" (born 1993) as a joke.<br/>- Pete Davidson is a comedian and former SNL cast member, best known for his personal life and relationships — not for founding a startup. Graham is mocking the "startup founder as celebrity" trend.<br/>- Paul Graham is a co-founder of Y Combinator, the most influential startup accelerator (backed Airbnb, Dropbox, Stripe, Reddit). The slide originally argued that many famous founders were born in a narrow window (1970s–80s), and that the next generation was overdue.

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