On Thursday, Sacks took to X to urge YC partner Garry Tan to reconsider the decision not to open a YC office in Austin. Sacks highlighted the rapid growth of the Austin startup scene and the potential ...

Meesho’s upcoming IPO is turning out to be a windfall event for its earliest backers, with several investors poised to unlock multi-fold returns as the company is set to hit the public market.

Since the release of ChatGPT in November 2022, Silicon Valley has been consumed by the rush to build billion-dollar AI startups. Nowhere is that more true than at Y Combinator, the blue-chip startup ...

A massive phishing campaign targeted GitHub users with cryptocurrency drainers, delivered via fake invitations to the Y Combinator (YC) W2026 program. Y Combinator is a startup accelerator that funds ...

Y Combinator, the Silicon Valley startup incubator behind Airbnb, Coinbase and Stripe, is collaborating with Base and Coinbase Ventures to create the next wave of so-called “Fintech 3.0” companies, ...

Artificial Societies has secured $5.35 million, including a $3.35 million round led by Point72 Ventures. The startup creates AI personas for product testing and brand propositions. We got an exclusive ...

Egypt-based fintech Munify has raised a $3 million seed round led by Y Combinator, with participation from BYLD and Digital Currency Group. Founded in 2024 by Khalid Ashmawy, Munify enables instant, ...

AI continues to dominate the startup landscape as several new Y Combinator-backed ventures emerged on Friday. Among them is Stellon Labs, a company developing “super-tiny” frontier models that can run ...

Y Combinator has filed an amicus brief in the ongoing legal battle between Apple and Epic Games, arguing that the App Store has stifled startup innovation. We’ve reached out to legal reps for YC and ...

It’s been a busy news day for the Epic Games vs. Apple case. Startup accelerator Y Combinator filed an amicus brief today siding with Epic in the long-running antitrust case against Apple. Here are ...

Y Combinator has filed an amicus brief in support of Epic Games in its long-running legal battle with Apple over App Store practices. The startup accelerator, best known for backing Airbnb, Stripe, ...

Startup accelerator and venture capital firm Y Combinator (YC) today filed an amicus brief supporting Epic Games in Epic's continued legal fight with Apple. Y Combinator says that Apple's ...