Y Combinator
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- founded by Paul Graham 100%
- founded by Jessica Livingston 100%
- founded Paul Graham 90%
- founded by Garry Tan 90%
- employed by Garry Tan 90%
- founded Hacker News 90%
- instance of Rose-ringed Parakeet 90%
- founded Garry Tan 90%
- invested by Andreessen Horowitz 80%
- invested in Andreessen Horowitz 80%
- invested by Bloomberg Beta 80%
- affiliated with Paul Graham 70%
- 2026-05-25 funding OpenAI is offering $2 million in API tokens to Y Combinator startups. source
- 2026-05-20 funding OpenAI is providing $2 million in compute credits to Y Combinator startups.
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Cat (YC S22) seeks engineer for AI-native growth toolkit
Cat, a startup that participated in Y Combinator's S22 batch, is looking to hire a fractional engineer. The role involves building an AI-native growth toolkit. This position is part of the company's effort to leverage a…
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Corvera raises $4.2M for agentic AI in CPG supply chains
Corvera, a London-based startup, has secured $4.2 million in seed funding to apply agentic AI to the consumer packaged goods supply chain. The company's platform aims to automate key processes such as order processing, …
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Y Combinator's OpenAI stake valued at $5.1B; Gruber on TikTok's App Store return
Venture capital firm Y Combinator's stake in OpenAI is now valued at over $5 billion, representing approximately 0.6% of the AI company. This valuation is based on OpenAI's reported $852 billion market capitalization. T…
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Y Combinator's 0.6% stake in OpenAI valued at over $5 billion
Y Combinator holds a stake of approximately 0.6% in OpenAI, which is valued at over $5 billion given OpenAI's current $852 billion valuation. This information was reportedly shared by an individual familiar with OpenAI'…
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New Column 'You San Si' Explores Career Choices and 'Sense' in AI Era
The publication "有三思 U Sense" (You San Si U Sense) has launched, aiming to help young people navigate their careers and lives by focusing on making thoughtful choices. The name itself is a play on "有Sense" (having sense…
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Y Combinator emphasizes AI as startup foundation, not just feature
Y Combinator (YC) has unveiled its Summer 2026 batch requirements, emphasizing that artificial intelligence is now a foundational element for startups, not merely an added feature. The accelerator highlighted 16 categor…
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Replit CEO Masad aims for independence amid AI acquisition talks
Replit CEO Amjad Masad discussed the company's growth and future, highlighting a significant revenue increase to a billion-dollar annual run rate. He expressed a strong desire for Replit to remain independent, contrasti…
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Legal AI startup Legora hits $5.6 valuation and its battle with Harvey just got hotter
Legal AI startup Legora has secured a $5.6 billion valuation following a $50 million Series D extension, which included investment from Nvidia's NVentures fund. This valuation brings Legora closer to its competitor Harv…
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AI dictation apps leverage LLMs for improved accuracy and features
Several AI-powered dictation applications have emerged, offering significant improvements in accuracy and context-awareness due to advances in LLMs and speech-to-text models. These tools now automatically handle formatt…
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Terra API seeks Applied AI Strategist for Health Intelligence role
Terra API, a Y Combinator-backed startup, is seeking an Applied AI Strategist with a focus on Health Intelligence. The role involves leveraging AI to drive insights within the healthcare sector. This position is part of…
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Bret Taylor's Sierra acquires AI workflow startup Fragment, its third acquisition
Bret Taylor's AI startup Sierra has acquired Fragment, a French company specializing in AI workflow integration. This marks Sierra's third acquisition, following recent purchases of Opera Tech and Receptive AI. The acqu…
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Sequoia Capital leads $500M Series A for AI software implementation platform Auctor
Sequoia Capital is leading the Series A funding round for Auctor, a startup aiming to revolutionize software implementation with AI. Auctor's platform acts as an "autopilot" for software deployment, consolidating requir…
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Eve AI assistant offers 100+ skills for research, coding, and task management
Eve is a new AI-powered assistant designed to manage various work-related tasks, including research, writing, and coding. The tool offers over 100 built-in skills and aims to automate administrative duties. Eve is backe…
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Relvy launches automated on-call runbooks for developers
Relvy, a startup from the Y Combinator (YC) Winter 2024 batch, has launched its on-call runbook automation product. The platform aims to streamline incident response by providing automated runbooks. This launch targets …
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Canary launches AI QA tool that outperforms GPT-5.4 and Claude Code on code verification
Canary, a new AI-powered QA tool, has launched to automate testing for pull requests by understanding codebases and generating end-to-end tests for user workflows. The tool aims to catch regressions before code merges, …
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Spine Swarm launches AI agents that outperform Claude and ChatGPT on research
Spine Swarm, a Y Combinator-backed startup, has launched a platform that utilizes over 300 AI agents to conduct research and generate client-ready documents. The system claims to achieve the top ranking on Google DeepMi…
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Sentrial launches to help developers catch AI agent failures
Sentrial has launched a new platform designed to detect and alert users about failures in AI agents before they impact end-users. The service aims to provide a proactive monitoring solution for AI-driven applications. T…
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AI coding agents mature, sparking productivity panic and new tools
The AI development landscape has shifted dramatically, with coding agents now capable of sustained, long-horizon tasks, a change noted by Andrej Karpathy since December 2025. This has led to new products like Perplexity…
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Runtime and Omnara launch platforms for AI coding agents
Runtime and Omnara are new platforms designed to enhance the usability and accessibility of AI coding agents. Runtime offers a unified infrastructure for teams, enabling them to deploy and manage various coding agents l…
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Browser Buddy launches AI-powered recommendation system for online writing
Browser Buddy is a new recommendation system designed to assist users with their online writing tasks. The tool aims to improve the quality and effectiveness of written content produced on the internet. It is a Y Combin…