In the latest sign of digital currencies going mainstream, Silicon Valley’s most prominent startup incubator will allow its spring cohort of entrepreneurs to receive their funding in stablecoins.…
Read more Famed startup incubator Y Combinator to let founders receive funds in stablecoins | FortuneSkyler Chan launched GRU last year. Courtesy GRU Space Civilian travel to the Moon remains years away, but a California startup is already making plans to host overnight…
Read more A 22-Year-Old Founder Wants to Build the Moon’s First Hotel by 2032Famed San Francisco-based startup accelerator and venture capital firm Y Combinator says that one AI model provider has overtaken OpenAI in popularity among the accelerator’s latest batch of…
Read more The AI Models That Top Startups Are Suddenly Choosing Over ChatGPTFor decades, Silicon Valley has valorized the college dropout. Founders like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Mark Zuckerberg left school early to build companies and they became billionaires. …
Read more Y Combinator launches ‘Early Decision’ for students who want to graduate first, build later | TechCrunchAs speed becomes the defining currency in an AI-driven software world, Blacksmith has raised another round led by Google Ventures — just four months after its seed —…
Read more Google Ventures doubles down on dev tool startup Blacksmith just 4 months after its seed round | TechCrunchA new AI startup pivoted from automating appointment bookings for hair salons to building an AI voice assistant that handles non-emergency calls for 911 call centers — and…
Read more AI Startup Aurelian Raises $14 Million For 911 Call Centers | EntrepreneurIt’s also true that when one of those groundbreaking companies matures and faces challenges, a founder has a unique ability to make bold moves and stick to the…
Read more Want to Get Into Founder Mode? You Should Be So LuckyPaul Graham, the founder of famed startup accelerator Y Combinator, coined a new term this week that has taken over social media: founder mode. In an article released…
Read more What Is Founder Mode and Why Is It Better Than Manager Mode? | EntrepreneurReddit grew for nearly two decades before going public in March at around a $6.5 billion valuation. Though the social media forum site now boasts 91 million daily…
Read more How to Start a $6.5 Billion Business At 21 Years Old: Reddit | EntrepreneurMany of yesterday’s talks were littered with the acronyms you’d expect from this assemblage of high-minded panelists: YC, FTC, AI, LLMs. But threaded throughout the conversations—foundational to them,…
Read more Open Source AI Has Founders—and the FTC—BuzzingGarry Tan, president and CEO of Y Combinator, told a crowd at The Economic Club of Washington, D.C. this week that “regulation is likely necessary” for artificial intelligence.…
Read more Y Combinator’s Garry Tan supports some AI regulation but warns against AI monopolies | TechCrunchGivebutter started in a George Washington University dorm room in 2016 as a software solution to make nonprofit fundraising more transparent and fun. Eight years later, the company…
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Read more Foundry is shutting down in slow motion | TechCrunchAI and other deep technologies are the prevailing themes in the new early-stage cohort from Peak XV Partners, as the largest India and Southeast Asia-focused VC fund intensifies…
Read more Peak XV’s latest Surge batch is 77% AI and deeptech startups | TechCrunch
