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I imagine it'll get black barred in the morning (california time). Apart from everything else Aaron Schwartz was also a YC alumni from YC's very first class in

by ig1 14y ago

I imagine it'll get black barred in the morning (california time). Apart from everything else Aaron Schwartz was also a YC alumni from YC's very first class in summer 2005.

OafTobark 14y ago
Does anyone know the full background story on this? Every time I hear the story, it was mostly Alexis and Steve including the retelling of how they pitched PG. Where did Aaron fit in and how does that story go?
- p4bl0 14y ago
  There are more than one version of this story. Aaron's version is there: https://aaronsw.jottit.com/reddit https://aaronsw.jottit.com/reddit, here is Alexis' version: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+AlexisOhanian/posts/HJz9Vd58Wtb https://plus.google.com/u/0/+AlexisOhanian/posts/HJz9Vd58Wtb and here is what Wikipedia says: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reddit#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reddit#History.
- ashraful 14y ago
  I believe he was a part of Infogami (also funded by YC) and only later on joined reddit.
- shrikant 14y ago
  PG himself clarifies the situation here: http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/1octb/reddit_cofounder_aaron_swartz_discusses_how_he/c1okmc http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/1octb/reddit_cof... (Not a 100% sure if that's the real Paul Graham though..)
- acangiano 14y ago
  He founded Infogami. The company was very ambitious but sadly went nowhere. He also authored web.py, a python web framework. Meanwhile Reddit switched from using Lisp to web.py. PG wanted to help Aaron out, so he suggested having him join Reddit. Reddit sold for a few million dollars shortly after. Aaron cashed in along with the founders for an undisclosed, but substantial, amount of money.