We love a good ol’ social media roast, and Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan found himself on the business end of a doozie Wednesday. Absolutely insane week for agentic ...
Every few months, a new group of startups arrives in San Francisco to go through the intensive accelerator program run by Y Combinator. Each company receives $500,000 in funding and spends three ...
Garry Tan said Y Combinator’s applicant process is being transformed by A.I. Photo by Hutton Supacic/SXSW Conference & Festivals via Getty Images A.I.’s advanced coding capabilities are also changing ...
The software engineering world is currently wrestling with a fundamental paradox of the AI era: as models become more capable, the "systems problem" of managing them has become the primary bottleneck ...
Add Decrypt as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ZachXBT alleged that Axiom employees engaged in insider trading. The pseudonymous blockchain sleuth said a leak ahead of his ...
Two Michigan grads raised $5.3 million out of the Silicon Valley startup incubator Y Combinator. Orange Slice generates sales spreadsheets using prompts from salespeople and sales engineers. Here's ...
Gary Tan said that some academic entrepreneurship programs are creating "fake" founders like Elizabeth Holmes and Sam Bankman-Fried.Harry Murphy/Sportsfile for Web Summit via Getty Images Y Combinator ...
Startup incubator Y Combinator said it will once again invest in Canada-incorporated companies, reversing course after Canadian entrepreneurs complained about its decision to spurn the country’s firms ...
“We’re excited about a range of startup ideas that span AI-native workflows, new financial primitives, modernized industrial systems, and more,” the company wrote. Here’s a breakdown of each idea on ...
Legendary investor and incubator, Y Combinator, has picked three AI-first, NewMod startups for its Winter 2026 batch. They are: General Legal, co-founded by the former CTO of Casetext, Ryan Walker; ...
Global venture funding to fintech startups increased by 27% in 2025 to its highest level in several quarters, boosted by later-stage deals, Crunchbase data shows. All told, global venture funding to ...
The Venezuela-focused fintech detected compromised wallet authentication and activated emergency protocols. Co-founder pledged to cover all damages while users reported drained accounts without ...