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AI & Tech

Harper Raises $47M to Transform Insurance with AI

Dakotah Rice has launched Harper, an AI-native commercial insurance brokerage, which has raised $46.8 million in seed and Series A…

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Fintech

YC Startups Can Now Get Funded in Stablecoin

Y Combinator now offers its standard $500,000 seed investment in stablecoins, integrating traditional venture capital with digital assets for practical…

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Business

Capital One Buys Brex at a Discount, Early Investors Reap Rewards

Capital One acquired fintech platform Brex for $5.15 billion, a significant discount from its peak $12.3 billion valuation, delivering a…

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Business

21-Year-Old Dropouts Raise $2M for Nonprofit Fintech Givefront

Givefront, a fintech startup founded by young college dropouts, has raised $2 million to build a financial platform exclusively for…

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Business

Why Newsletter Saturation Doesn’t Scare Beehiiv’s CEO

beehiiv is expanding from a newsletter platform into a comprehensive content toolkit, adding an AI website builder, podcast support, and…

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Artificial Intelligence

The Prompting Company Raises $6.5M to Boost Product Mentions in AI Apps

Consumers are increasingly using AI assistants like ChatGPT for product discovery and shopping recommendations, creating a major opportunity for brands…

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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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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

Young Founders Raise $5M to Decode Online Behavior with Vision AI

A new startup called Human Behavior uses vision AI to analyze user session replays, providing deeper insights into engagement and…

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Artificial Intelligence

Why This YC Startup Ditched AI Agents for Windows

Pig.dev pivoted from developing AI tools for Windows automation to creating Muscle Mem, a caching system for AI agents, highlighting…

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