Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan launches dark-money group to influence CA politics

Re:Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan launches dark-money group to i... by ajross on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @04:00PM (#46980876)

I'd prefer to see more of them do so, personally. That said, to watch Tan wading into a local fistfight about school curriculum and housing zoning and whatnot in the age of ICE abduction, targetted political prosecution and wanton macroeconomic regulatory chaos seems... frustrating.

I mean, I kinda agree with him about most of the centrist stuff. But really, Gary? This is what you need to be spending your money and time on?

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Re:Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan launches dark-money group to i... by bhouston on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @04:01PM (#46980888)

Garry seems motivated by being against a wealth tax and this is also likely the reason other ultra rich people will donate to his dark money fund:

https://finviz.com/news/277038/y-combinators-garry-tan-warns...

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Re:Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan launches dark-money group to i... by awnird on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @04:53PM (#46981660)

Garry is chummy with musk and trump. His motivation here is to protect the pedophile class.

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Re:Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan launches dark-money group to i... by johnnyanmac on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @09:00PM (#46983997)

I wouldn't even be surprised at this point. Seems like the files will unironically unravel 90% of the elite class at this rate.

What an absolute pathetic hill to die on. You have the riches to fund entire industries, explore the whole world or even beyond, to please any hedonistic pleasure you have... but many chose to do one of the 3 unthinkable things in modern humanity.

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Re:Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan launches dark-money group to i... by terminalshort on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @04:35PM (#46981406)

Wow. So it's not even good enough that he agrees with you. You demand that he also prioritizes in the same order as you?

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Re:Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan launches dark-money group to i... by ajross on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @05:44PM (#46982293)

I dunno about "demand". But sure, I think most of us would prefer people prioritize like we do. And in particular many of us would view this kind of hobby project as tone deaf and tell people about that in public.

My freedom to tell Tan (or you) that he's being an idiot stems from the same place as his freedom to spend his own money on what he wants.

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