Y Combinator
PulseAugur coverage of Y Combinator — every cluster mentioning Y Combinator across labs, papers, and developer communities, ranked by signal.
- founded by Paul Graham 100%
- founded by Robert Tappan Morris 100%
- founded by Jessica Livingston 100%
- affiliated with Tasklet 95%
- developed QM 95%
- founded Garry Tan 90%
- employed by Garry Tan 90%
- founded by Garry Tan 90%
- founded Hacker News 90%
- founded Paul Graham 90%
- founded by Airbnb 90%
- affiliated with Graphify 90%
- 2026-07-28 funding Y Combinator has opened applications for its Fall 2026 funding cycle, signaling key areas of interest for startup investment. source
- 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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Used fire truck marketplace Garage raises $41M at $225M valuation
Garage, a marketplace for used fire trucks and other emergency vehicles, has secured $41 million in Series B funding, valuing the company at $225 million. Founded by former firefighter Martin Hunt and software engineer …
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Forbes highlights 27 top health accelerators for startups
Forbes has identified 27 leading health accelerators that provide crucial support ecosystems for startups in the healthcare industry. These organizations offer a range of resources and mentorship to help health tech com…
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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky's journey from art school to $112B valuation
Brian Chesky, the CEO of Airbnb, started the company with three air beds in his San Francisco apartment when hotels were fully booked due to a conference. Initially facing investor skepticism due to his design backgroun…
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Discovered Materials offers $1M for AI solutions to materials science problems · 2 sources tracked
Discovered Materials, a startup backed by Y Combinator, is offering a total of $1 million in prize money for solutions to five complex materials science challenges. The company aims to establish measurable benchmarks fo…
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AI startup offers $1M for materials science solutions; Sony secures memory through 2028
Discovered Materials, a startup backed by Y Combinator, is offering $1 million in prize money for solutions to five materials science challenges. The company aims to leverage AI to discover new chip materials. Separatel…
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AI startup offers $1M for AI to solve materials science challenges
Discovered Materials, a startup focused on AI-driven materials science, has launched a $1 million challenge to incentivize AI models to solve five complex problems in the field. These challenges, developed with academic…
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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky lost exec team adopting 'founder mode' leadership
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky revealed that his shift to a more hands-on leadership style, termed 'founder mode,' led to the departure of nearly his entire executive team. Initially hiring experienced executives and delegatin…
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AI Agents Take 11 Minutes for Fertilizer Task, Document 5900 Messages
Four AI agents required eleven minutes to complete a task related to a fertilizer representative, involving bone meal and wheat blocks. Y Combinator and Olam documented 5900 messages but did not establish a correlation …
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Y Combinator CEO spends up to $200K annually on AI agents
Garry Tan, CEO of Y Combinator, revealed he spends between $100,000 and $200,000 annually on AI agent tokens. Tan utilizes these agents extensively for various work tasks, including coding and managing his personal life…
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Legora raises $550M at $8.8B valuation for AI legal tools
Legora, an AI company focused on legal services, has achieved significant growth, reaching $100 million in ARR and a $8.8 billion valuation after raising $550 million in Series E funding. The company's AI agents assist …
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Subvocal smart glasses translate silent speech into text
The Subvocal Company has developed smart glasses that allow users to communicate with their computers through silent speech. These glasses decode subvocalized words, even when no lip movement occurs, by analyzing radio …
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Tech showcases bidirectional charging and a new Rust-based diff tool
Two distinct technology projects are highlighted: one explores the potential of bidirectional charging during power grid outages, while the other introduces OmniDiff, an open-source, high-performance diff tool built wit…
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Gatleen Bhambra founds AI startup Mater-AI to convert wasted heat energy
Gatleen Bhambra, inspired by a comment that she would never reach C-level, decided to found her own company. She co-founded Mater-AI with Dr. Nickel Blankevoort, a computational materials scientist. Mater-AI leverages A…
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AI agents in Minecraft get stuck in bureaucracy, lose to rivals
Researchers from Y Combinator's YC Labs and Olam Labs have experimented with AI agent swarms in Minecraft to study their collaborative and adversarial behaviors. In a civilization-building test, 50 agents running on Ope…
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AI agents to test firmware faster with Simantic simulation platform
Simantic, a startup founded by former Neuralink and Tesla engineers, has launched a firmware simulation platform designed to accelerate the testing and validation process for AI agents. The platform allows engineers to …
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Deepgram acquires Pipecat-maker Daily to enhance voice AI infrastructure
Deepgram has acquired Daily, the company behind the open-source voice AI infrastructure framework Pipecat. This acquisition aims to strengthen Deepgram's real-time voice and video communication capabilities and expand i…
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Sam Altman criticizes Gen Z for clinging to past trends, urges embrace of AI opportunities
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman expressed his "chronic disappointment" with Gen Z, stating they are focused on outdated trends rather than embracing new AI-driven opportunities. He believes the current era of AI disruption presen…
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Broccoli AI raises $52M for AI agents serving home contractors
Broccoli AI, an AI startup founded by two Gen Z engineers, has secured $52 million in Series A and B funding, led by Khosla Ventures. The company develops AI agents for home service contractors, such as plumbers and ele…
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AI's broad impact: Devs and PMs threatened, Vercel integrates AI code insights
The integration of AI tools is impacting various professional roles beyond software development, with product managers facing potential obsolescence as AI capabilities advance. Simultaneously, development platforms are …
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Slashy AI email client rebuilds inbox around agent skills
Slashy is an AI-powered email client designed to automate inbox management by drafting replies, scheduling meetings, and sending follow-ups. Unlike other AI email tools that add a chatbot to existing platforms, Slashy r…