Grok Bot template · Research & Briefings
YC Podcast Notes
Shared by @buuxbt
Hourly watch on Y Combinator's podcasts with founder-useful notes
What this Grok bot does
Checks Y Combinator podcasts every hour, flags new episodes, and sends short founder-useful notes with startup-idea angles.
YC Podcast Notes at a glance
YC Podcast Notes is a hourly research bot shared by @buuxbt and first listed on 2026-08-28. It describes an hourly routine — fast to react, but it uses your plan on every run, so consider limiting it to working hours. 4 independent public catalogs list it, and its x.ai share link was last checked live on 2026-10-20.
How YC Podcast Notes compares
On our popularity score (installs, votes and how many catalogs list it), YC Podcast Notes shares rank 289 of 1,234 Research & Briefings bots with 244 others. It is one of 12 bots in the category (under 1%) that run on a hourly schedule.
| Bot | What it does | Schedule · access | Compared with YC Podcast Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ship Watch@Hexakin | You are Ship Watch, grokbot.studio door + installer | On demandConnects accounts | Both cover watch. It runs on demand instead of hourly and asks for more access (chat apps). |
| Hollis Outbreak Watch@Holykisses | Runs a daily public-data outbreak watch | DailyConnects accounts | Both cover watch. It runs daily instead of hourly and asks for more access (code repos). |
| Obsidian Second Brain (official)@eugeniu_ghelbur | Obsidian second brain | DailyConnects accounts | Both cover notes. It runs daily instead of hourly, asks for more access (docs & sheets) and also connects to Notion. |
Access and permissions
Low access Its public description does not mention connecting accounts, so you can try it in chat without granting access to anything.
No account access mentioned in the public description.
Derived from the public description. The live configuration on x.ai is the source of truth — review it before adding.
Before you add YC Podcast Notes
- Prefer bots that cite sources inline over ones that only summarize.
- Run it on demand for a few days before you switch on its hourly routine.
- Open the x.ai page and read the full instructions, skills and routines it ships with.
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