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Aaron Epstein

@aaron_epstein
8 posts
2025-08-01
Design just went public! Congrats to @figma @zoink on the IPO, and showing what's possible for design founders everywhere. [video]
2025-08-01 View on X
CNBC

Figma's stock closes up 250% at $115.50, after Figma sold shares at $33 in its IPO, hitting a ~$68B valuation; Adobe's $20B Figma acquisition fell apart in 2023

Figma's stock more than tripled in its New York Stock Exchange debut on Thursday, a day after the design software company sold shares at $33 in its IPO.

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2025-04-26
Super smart insights from @koomen: “In the new world I don't need a middleman to tell a computer what to do anymore. I just need to be able to write my own System Prompt, and writing System Prompts is easy!”
2025-04-26 View on X
Pete Koomen

Many AI features, like Gmail's AI assistant, feel useless because they don't allow users to edit system prompts, constraining the AI models they're built with

Millions Of Email Users Now At Risk Of Attack Mastodon: Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life@mas.to : This blog captures my frustration with AI tools for work.  Microsoft and Google are p...

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2024-09-26
Congrats to all the founders presenting at S24 Demo Day today! It's been one of the most impressive batches I've worked with, excited for you to share all your progress with the world. [image]
2024-09-26 View on X
TechCrunch

A look at some exciting startups from Day 1 of YC's AI-heavy two-day S24 Demo Day, including estate planning startup Elayne and clinical trial startup Baseline

Famed Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y Combinator on Wednesday kicked off its two-day “Demo Day” event that showcases … X: @garrytan , @aaron_epstein , @papiswele , @davecyen ,...

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2024-05-03
First ever Bluetooth connection to space! It seems inevitable now that @hubble_network will actually pull it off and build the first global battery-efficient network.
2024-05-03 View on X
TechCrunch

Hubble Network, which is building a satellite network for Bluetooth devices, says it has made a Bluetooth connection directly to a satellite for the first time

Hubble Network has become the first company in history to establish a Bluetooth connection directly to a satellite …

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2022-08-30
Been an incredible run for @gralston leading YC, end of an era! And no one better to take over than @garrytan - he was the first one to help us before our YC interview in 2009, & has helped countless other founders in the decade+ since. Welcome back Garry! https://www.ycombinator.com/ ...
2022-08-30 View on X
Forbes

Y Combinator names Garry Tan as its next president, replacing Geoff Ralston in January 2023; Tan will step away from his role at his firm Initialized Capital

YC gave me my start, and I'm deeply grateful to the community. https://www.forbes.com/... @initialized : News alert: Congratulations to @jenhwolf & @brettdg, our new managing partn...

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2022-06-17
So impressed with what @ryanRneu has built at @VendrHQ - already a unicorn less than 3 years from YC demo day! https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2022-06-17 View on X
Bloomberg

Boston-based Vendr, which helps companies manage SaaS purchasing, raised a $150M Series B at a $1B valuation led by Craft Ventures and SoftBank Vision Fund 2

getting you the best price quickly, without you having to negotiate a single deal: https://www.bloomberg.com/... Aaron Epstein / @aaron_epstein : So impressed with what @ryanRneu h...

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2022-01-11
Pretty exciting news from YC: we now invest $500k into every company in the batch! If you've ever been on the fence about applying before, it's a total no brainer now. https://blog.ycombinator.com/ ...
2022-01-11 View on X
Y Combinator

YC announces a new standard deal: a $125K investment for 7% of the startup and a further $375K at terms founders can negotiate with future investors

We have a new standard deal at Y Combinator.  When a company is accepted into the YC batch program, we now invest a total of $500,000.

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2020-02-27
I highly recommend all seed stage founders read the new @YCombinator Series A Guide. Totally wish I had this years ago, it would've made the fundraising process so much easier. https://blog.ycombinator.com/ ...
2020-02-27 View on X
Y Combinator

YC shares learnings across 190 Series A rounds, providing a term sheet that's the “fairest one possible”, an extensive Series A Guide, and more

Aaron Harris / Y Combinator :

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