Behind YC’s AI Agent Boom

YC’s latest wave is all about AI agents — but how do you actually make them scale? In this episode, we sit down with Sam Bhagwat, co-founder of Gatsby and now founder of Mastra, a JavaScript/TypeScript framework making AI agents production-ready.

Sam shares:

• How Gatsby grew into one of the most popular open-source frameworks
• Why 2025 is the year of AI agents, and why YC startups are betting big
• The 5 principles of building scalable AI agents (orchestration, composability, reliability, developer-first design, continuous learning)
• Real-world use cases: from fintech (PLAID Japan) to aerospace and healthcare
• How Mastra boosts developer productivity 2–3× with agent workflows and code-review bots

👉 If you’re a founder, developer, or tech leader, this episode is your playbook for navigating the agent era — and learning how to automate before you get automated.

#AIagents #YCStartups #SamBhagwat #Mastra #FutureOfWork

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• Email: hello@thehomebase.ai

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