About
Dalton Caldwell spent more than a decade at Y Combinator as a managing director and group partner, running admissions and advising thousands of founders across 25 batches. A founder himself (imeem, App.net), he stepped back to emeritus status in 2025 to launch Standard Capital, an AI-native Series A firm, with Gmail creator Paul Buchheit and Bryan Berg. His YC office-hours videos on pivots and 'tarpit ideas' have become standard viewing for early-stage founders.
Dalton Caldwell @daltonc
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Jul 30, 2026 · ♥ 8
Dalton Caldwell @daltonc
Just released an interview I did with the founders of @WorkWeave, Adam and Andrew, about their $13.5M Series A led by Standard Capital. We discuss what Weave is, the hot new "model router" space, and why tokenmaxxing is misguided. https://t.co/EoZzRBvUaX
Jul 30, 2026 · ♥ 63 · ⇄ 8
Dalton Caldwell @daltonc
Proud to announce that @Standard_Cap led the @Revoy Series A. Revoy is a hybrid-electric freight network. I originally met Peter at YC from when was he founder/CEO of Segment from YC S11, acquired for $3.2B by Twilio in 2020. Peter is also the founder/CEO of @CharmIndustrial, https://t.co/YWaVO9qTS9
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WhatnotBoard seat
via Standard Capital · filed Oct 2025 · $225M raise
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Podcasts & interviews
featuring Dalton CaldwellLessons from 1,000+ YC startups: Resilience, tar pit ideas, pivoting, more | Dalton Caldwell (YC)
Lenny's Podcast
Introducing Standard Capital with Dalton Caldwell and Paul Buchheit
Standard Capital
Colleagues at Standard Capital
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