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Y Combinator Wants More AI Startups — But in Specific Categories Y Combinator has declared 2025 the "year of AI agents" and is actively recruiting startups that align with this vision for its summer batch. Under the leadership of CEO Garry Tan, the

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

Y Combinator in 30 Seconds: ✅ World’s top startup accelerator 💵 Offers $500K funding ($125K for 7%, $375K on SAFE) 🗓️ 4 batches/year (Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall) 👥 Backed Airbnb, Stripe, Dropbox, and 4,000+ startups 📈 Massive network + Dem

Zepto cofounder and CEO Aadit Palicha has revealed that the company’s advertising vertical has grown its annualised revenue run-rate (ARR) by 5X over the past year, reaching the $200 million milestone—up from $40 million last year. Speaking with Y

AI and Web3: Transforming HR Efficiency AI and Web3 are revolutionizing HR by enhancing processes and efficiency. Talent Matching: AI analyzes data to connect candidates with jobs based on skills, boosting hiring efficiency by 70%. LaborX's jobs bo

How Generative AI Will Reshape Jobs Globally - Based on Real Data Only 3.3% of global jobs are at high risk of GenAI takeover... but 25% face disruption. Here are 7 surprising takeaways from the latest International Labour Organization (ILO) May 20

YC Just dropped Requests for Startups. (Summer 25 - AI Agents) 🔥 If anyone doesn't know It's a tradition at Y Combinator (YC) where they share ideas for startups that they would particularly like to see founders work on. The ideas on the RFS list

Thinking about Y Combinator? Here’s the ultra-short cheat-sheet: 4 chances a year: YC now runs Winter, Spring, Summer & Fall batches—so there’s always an application window coming up. $500 k standard deal: $125 k for 7 % (post-money SAFE) plus $37

A Summer Intern Gave life to Apple’s emojis In the summer of 2008, Emily, a bright-eyed intern at Apple, joined the design team tasked with creating something new—emojis. Though initially relegated to simple tasks, her enthusiasm caught the eye of l

Why did 'Uber for Home Cleaning' Fail? So, this is Homejoy, a San Francisco based startup founded by Adora and Aaron Cheung in 2010. It was an online platform which connected customers with home service providers. They received their first investm