Jessica Livingston

Jessica Livingston is one of the The Social Radars hosts interviewing Trevor Blackwell in Trevor Blackwell on Viaweb, Robots, and Early Y Combinator. In the episode she is also a participant in the history being recalled: she helped run early Y Combinator, pushed for a Silicon Valley program with Paul Graham, and remembers the Mountain View dinners, office constraints, and robot tours around Anybots.

The source uses Livingston’s memory to turn YC origin stories into operating detail. Her recollections of interviews, printed applications, wet paint, bathroom constraints, and visitors such as Demi Moore show Startup Infrastructure Improvisation at the physical-institution level, not only inside software teams.

Connections

• Carolyn Levy and The Social Radars - co-host and show context.
• Trevor Blackwell, Paul Graham, and Robert Morris - interview subject and YC collaborators.
• Y Combinator, Anybots, and Startup Accelerator Batch Selection - main institutional context.
• Startup Infrastructure Improvisation - office and dinner stories.