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Residents leaning together around a laptop at the shared table

Photo: Minh Connors for WSJ

May 20 — August 1, 2026

A summer
on Pine Street.

Yale Hacker House 2026

Two residents preparing food at the backyard table

June 4

Our first ‘board’ meeting — over Charcuterie (thanks James)

Ann Miura-Ko talking with residents around the backyard table

Ann Miura-Ko ('98) helped us sharpen our intros

Jake Saper talking with residents in the backyard

Jake Saper ('06) joined us to talk about AI Native Services

The May 20 backyard, before the dinner tables filled

We had 8VC over for New Haven style pizza

Residents gathered for a selfie inside the house

Instacart’s origin story, straight from Max

Ariyan in the hallway doorway beside a whiteboard labeled Harness, with a resident in a red hoodie working at the table

July 1

Building the agent harness

The living room with residents, bedding, boxes, and red couch cushions the day the Journal photographed the house

July 1

The Day WSJ arrived

Residents holding a Yale flag from the Pine Street window, in the original color photograph
The July 14 Wall Street Journal page, with the house photograph at the upper right
Residents playing pickleball

Getting Active on the Pickleball Court

The first guests in the Perkins Coie lounge
Ashurst Perkins Coie, San Francisco

Our Demo Day

Residents and guests talking in small groups at Demo Day
Residents and guests in conversation around the lounge sofas
Guests gathered in the Perkins Coie lobby during Demo Day

Thank you.

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This page leaves a lot out. The long days, the wrong turns, the things that did not pan out, and the conversations we are still thinking about. But we wanted to share a slice of our summer. Thank you to everyone who supported us. — Nicolas, Oliver, Leia

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