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Y Combinator has announced the launch their Summer Fellow Grants, which will be giving grants to college students to work on their own technical projects. The grants will be $20,000 in cash and $90,000 in compute credits from Amazon AWS, Microsoft Az

got rejected by Y Combinator if you're someone like me who got rejected by YC or will be applying this year, i have something for you. problem: every year, thousands of good startups get passed over because they “don’t manage to convey how good the

Things Garry Tan ( CEO & Founder - Ycombinator ) taught me about rejection, scarcity, and building unstoppable leverage as a founder: 🧵👇 Desperation kills momentum. When you need the deal or relationship too much, people sense risk, not ambition.

Why You Should NEVER Publish Your Book: 1. Only about 2 billion people use the internet. Why risk having them read your ideas? 2. That manuscript sitting in your drawer is doing an excellent job collecting dust. Don't disturb its peace. 3. Your un

The Inspiring Story of Airbnb: From an Idea to a Billion-Dollar In 2007, Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia struggled to pay rent in San Francisco. With hotels fully booked for a conference, they rented out air mattresses in their apartment, calling it "Air

Your next best employee won't need: No sleep. No salary. No benefits. No time off. Because it won't be human. By 2030, AI agents will replace 70% of office work (McKinsey) and add $7T to the global economy (Goldman). OpenAI maps out AI evolution

Bangalore is Now the #4 City IN THE WORLD for Finding Co-Founders! A Huge Moment for the Indian Startup Scene. 🚀 Was on the Y Combinator co-founder matching platform recently, and a stat just blew me away. When you look at the top cities in the wor

Brian Armstrong tells the founding story of Coinbase: “Nothing was working” Brian Armstrong's journey to building Coinbase wasn’t easy. In 2012, he left his job and joined Y Combinator to follow his dream of creating something big. But things di

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮 𝗺𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘂 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 !! Reddit was founded in 2005 by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian, college friends from the University of Virginia. Their original idea, “My Mobile Men

Rejected by 100 VCs, Almost Died, Then a $14.5 BILLION IPO. Chime's Story is a Masterclass in Resilience! 🔥 For any founder who's ever faced rejection, I just saw a TechCrunch headline that puts it all in perspective: Fintech giant Chime was report