Y Combinator

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Artificial Intelligence

YC Alum’s Viral Text-to-3D Tool Raises $4.1M for AI Copilot

Adam, a Y Combinator alum, raised $4.1 million in seed funding to develop its AI copilot for computer-aided design after…

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Artificial Intelligence

Craft Ventures Leads $42M Series A in GovTech Startup Starbridge

Starbridge secured $42 million in a Series A funding round led by Craft Ventures, bringing its total funding to $52…

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Artificial Intelligence

Shuttle Secures $6M to Solve Vibe-Coding Deployment Issues

Vibe coding initially enabled rapid application creation from concepts, but developers soon faced ongoing maintenance and update challenges that these…

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Artificial Intelligence

FTC Removes AI Blog Posts From Lina Khan Era

The US Federal Trade Commission removed several blog posts from the Lina Khan era that discussed AI policy, open-weight models,…

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Artificial Intelligence

FleetWorks Secures $17M to Speed Up Trucker-Cargo Matching

FleetWorks, a logistics startup founded by former Uber Freight and Airbnb employees, has raised $17 million to expand its AI…

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Business

Security Firms Clash Over CVE Credit Claims

FuzzingLabs accuses Gecko Security of copying their vulnerability discoveries and proof-of-concept exploits, including backdating blog posts to claim credit for…

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Artificial Intelligence

Datacurve Secures $15M to Challenge ScaleAI

Datacurve raised $15 million in Series A funding to provide high-quality, specialized data for AI training, with backing from investors…

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Artificial Intelligence

Flai’s AI Revolutionizes Car Dealership Operations

Flai is an AI startup that developed an omni-channel software platform for car dealerships, managing customer interactions via phone, email,…

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AI & Tech

The 18-Year-Old Dropout Who Raised $6.2M to Build the AI Teammate

Arlan Rakhmetzhanov, an 18-year-old from Kazakhstan, secured $6.2M for his AI startup Nozomio after completing the YC Summer 2025 batch.…

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Entertainment

Think Like a YC Partner? This Game Tests Your Skills

YC Arena's YC Partner Simulator is an interactive game where players evaluate real startup pitches and compare their accept/reject decisions…

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BigTech Companies

Control Your iPhone Game With AirPods Using RidePods

RidePods is a new iPhone game that uses head movements with Apple AirPods to control a motorcycle, eliminating the need…

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Artificial Intelligence

Steph Curry’s VC Invests in AI to Fix Food Supply Chains

The global food supply chain is inefficient, relying on outdated methods like emails and faxes for orders, which creates bottlenecks…

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Artificial Intelligence

Juicebox Raises $30M to Transform Hiring with AI Search

Juicebox, founded by David Paffenholz and Ishan Gupta, has raised $30 million in Series A funding led by Sequoia Capital,…

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Business

Y Combinator’s New ‘Early Decision’ Lets Students Graduate Before Building

Y Combinator's new Early Decision program allows student founders to secure funding and a spot in the accelerator without dropping…

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Business

5 Pivots to Profit: How a YC App Hit 300K Users & $1M ARR in 6 Months

Candle, a social app for couples and close friends, rapidly grew to 300,000 users and over $1 million in annual…

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Artificial Intelligence

AI Creates Psychedelic Therapy Without the Hallucinations

Psychedelic substances show therapeutic promise for severe mental health disorders, but their intense hallucinogenic effects pose significant risks and practical…

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Business

ABHI & TRAY Unite to Empower Saudi Arabia’s Hospitality Workforce

A new partnership between ABHI and TRAY introduces Earned Wage Access (EWA) to Saudi Arabia's food and beverage industry, allowing…

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Business

Groww, Backed by Satya Nadella, to Become First Indian Startup to Go Public After U.S.-India Move

Groww is preparing for a multi-billion dollar IPO, becoming the first Indian startup to list domestically after relocating its headquarters…

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Artificial Intelligence

Rulebase: The AI Coworker for Fintech, Backed by Y Combinator

Rulebase is a fintech startup focusing on back-office automation, using AI to streamline compliance, dispute resolution, and quality assurance in…

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Artificial Intelligence

Top 9 Startups from YC Demo Day You Need to Know

Y Combinator's Summer 2025 Demo Day featured over 160 startups, with a strong focus on AI agents and infrastructure rather…

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