# Paul Graham (@paul-graham)

Paul Graham is a programmer, essayist, and investor whose work spans Lisp, the web-software company Viaweb, and the founding of Y Combinator. His writing has connected lessons from programming and company building to a broad audience of founders.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Paul Graham's public record._

## Topics

- [Essays on Programming and Startups](/@paul-graham/essays.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Lisp and Viaweb](/@paul-graham/lisp-and-viaweb.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Y Combinator](/@paul-graham/y-combinator.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://www.paulgraham.com/bio.html
- blog: https://www.paulgraham.com/onlisp.html
- blog: https://www.paulgraham.com/articles.html
- blog: https://www.ycombinator.com/about

## Ask this twin

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```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "paul-graham", "question": "…"}`.