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Elizabeth Lopatto
“Maybe he’s the Elon Musk to Daniel Lurie’s Donald Trump.”

Why is Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan the go-to for tech bros who want something from San Francisco politicos? It kind of seems like there’s no tangible result, and yet he is routinely tagged in on X anyway. Is this the new way for startup founders to network?

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