2026-03-09
With the takeoff of OpenClaw and MoltBook, a new agent-driven economy is taking shape. On the @LightconePod, we took a look at the explosive growth of AI dev tools and whether the time has come for builders to make something agents want. 00:00 - Intro 02:12 - No human [video]
@levie
Advice to developers: build API-first and make software that agents want, as AI agents, not humans, will become the primary users of all software in the future
Building for trillions of agents — Over the past few months, something big has started to happen with agents.
2026-03-06
Congrats to @maxhodak_ and the @ScienceCorp_ team on their $230M Series C! Their PRIMA implant is letting blind people see again: improved vision in 26 of 32 trial patients with advanced macular degeneration. They're on track to be the first BCI company to bring a vision [image]
Bloomberg
Brain tech startup Science Corp. raised $230M, a source says at a $1.5B valuation, taking its total funding to $489M, to commercialize its implant for blindness
2026-02-07
After hearing feedback from Canadian founders in our network, we've decided to add Canada back to our list of accepted countries of incorporation. Going forward, YC will once again invest in US, Canada, Cayman, and Singapore corporations. https://www.ycombinator.com/ ...
BetaKit
YC adds Canada back to its accepted countries of incorporation list, saying the initial decision was due to its top Canadian companies reincorporating in the US
2026-02-06
After hearing feedback from Canadian founders in our network, we've decided to add Canada back to our list of accepted countries of incorporation. Going forward, YC will once again invest in US, Canada, Cayman, and Singapore corporations. https://www.ycombinator.com/ ...
BetaKit
YC adds Canada back to its accepted countries of incorporation list, saying the initial decision was due to its top Canadian companies reincorporating in the US
2026-02-05
After hearing feedback from Canadian founders in our network, we've decided to add Canada back to our list of accepted countries of incorporation. Going forward, YC will once again invest in US, Canada, Cayman, and Singapore corporations. https://www.ycombinator.com/ ...
BetaKit
YC adds Canada back to its accepted countries of incorporation list, saying the initial decision was due to its top Canadian companies reincorporating in the US
Famed accelerator had removed Canada from its deal terms, spurring Canadian tech backlash. — Y Combinator has once again revised …
2026-02-04
Today, Y Combinator is announcing that YC-funded startups can choose to receive their funding ($500k) in stablecoins. We believe stablecoins like @usdc are setting the stage for a new fintech renaissance and broader global access to financial services. Sending money should be as
Fortune
Y Combinator says it will let founders receive their customary funding allotment, typically ~$500K, in Circle-issued USDC, starting with the Spring 2026 cohort
2026-02-03
Today, Y Combinator is announcing that YC-funded startups can choose to receive their funding ($500k) in stablecoins. We believe stablecoins like @usdc are setting the stage for a new fintech renaissance and broader global access to financial services. Sending money should be as
Fortune
Y Combinator says it will let founders receive their customary funding allotment, typically ~$500K, in Circle-issued USDC, starting with the Spring 2026 cohort
2026-01-31
.@poetiq_ai is a new startup founded by former DeepMind researchers (@itfische & @sbpoetiq) that recently achieved a major jump on the ARC-AGI benchmark by layering a recursive self-improvement system on top of Gemini 3. In this conversation at NeurIPS, @FrancoisChauba1 sat down [video]
Puck
Poetiq, which leverages existing LLMs to create “expert agents” for specific tasks, and spent just $40K to achieve high ARC-AGI-2 scores, raised a $45.8M seed
2026-01-30
.@poetiq_ai is a new startup founded by former DeepMind researchers (@itfische & @sbpoetiq) that recently achieved a major jump on the ARC-AGI benchmark by layering a recursive self-improvement system on top of Gemini 3. In this conversation at NeurIPS, @FrancoisChauba1 sat down [video]
Puck
Poetiq, which leverages existing LLMs to create “expert agents” for specific tasks, and spent just $40K to achieve high ARC-AGI-2 scores, raised a $45.8M seed
Poetiq, a less-than-one-year-old A.I. startup just crushed the ARC A.G.I. benchmark, beating Anthropic and Google with only six people and $40,000.
2025-10-15
Congrats to @reductoai on their $75M Series B! Reducto is the leading AI document intelligence platform, and has now processed over a billion pages for leading startups and global enterprises. Startups can get started with 15k in free credits at https://reducto.ai/. [video]
The Information
Reducto, which uses OCR with vision language models to convert complex documents into inputs for LLMs, raised a $75M Series B led by a16z at a $600M valuation
Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information :
2025-08-24
Congrats to the team @cascadingai on their $29M Series A! In just 15 months since their pre-seed, Casca has built an AI-native loan origination platform that funds commercial loans 10x faster than other fintechs—30x faster than industry averages. https://www.cascading.ai/... [video]
SiliconANGLE
Casca, which offers AI-powered tools for banks to accelerate loan application and origination processes, raised a $29M Series A led by Canapi Ventures
A startup called Cascading AI Inc. said today it has closed on a $29 million Series A funding round to support the expansion …
2025-08-20
Congrats to the team @firecrawl_dev on their $14.5M Series A! Firecrawl is the web data layer for AI. Since launching over a year ago, they've served over 1B+ requests and are trusted by 350k+ cloud developers. And their GitHub repo is nearing 50k stars. https://techcrunch.com/...
TechCrunch
Firecrawl, which offers an open-source web crawler for developers and AI agents, raised a $14.5M Series A led by Nexus Venture Partners
Julie Bort / TechCrunch :
2025-08-01
Congrats to @zoink and @figma on their IPO today! A few months ago, Dylan sat down with us to talk about Figma's early days, why great design matters more than ever, and how they turned a meme generator into one of the most important tools in tech. ▶️ https://www.youtube.com/... [video]
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.
2025-06-21
Alexandr Wang (@alexandr_wang) started Scale AI to help machine learning teams label data faster. It started as a simple API for human labor, but behind the scenes, he was tackling a much bigger problem: how to turn messy, real-world data into something AI could learn from. [video]
Bloomberg
A profile of Scale AI co-founder Alexandr Wang, whose ties to influential people in the AI industry and the GOP could give Meta leverage over its competitors
Scale AI co-founder Alexandr Wang is such an enthusiastic networker that his former roommate — OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman …
2025-06-19
Andrej Karpathy's (@karpathy) keynote yesterday at AI Startup School in San Francisco. [video]
Y Combinator on YouTube
Andrej Karpathy's talk on “Software 3.0”, with LLMs enabling programming via natural language, the decade of agents, LLMs as “fallible people spirits”, and more
Andrej Karpathy's keynote at AI Startup School in San Francisco. Slides provided by Andrej: https …
2025-03-15
Design isn't just about making things work—it's about how they work, says Dylan Field (@zoink), the co-founder & CEO of @figma. As AI transforms tech, he believes a designer's judgment, taste, and agency will matter more than ever. [video]
TechCrunch
A look at some standout startups from YC's W25 Demo Day, which showcased 160 companies, including several creating tools to enhance other companies' AI agents
Silicon Valley's most storied startup accelerator, Y Combinator, held its Winter 2025 Demo Day on Wednesday, showcasing its latest batch of 160 startups.
2025-03-14
Congrats to the team @Flock_Safety on their $275M round! Flock Safety's technology is trusted by over 5,000 communities across the country to help solve and deter crime in the pursuit of safer communities for everyone. https://www.flocksafety.com/ ...
TechCrunch
Flock Safety, a maker of computer vision-enabled video surveillance tech for police and businesses, raised $275M at a $7.5B valuation, up from $4.8B a year ago
with fresh $275 million funding round — targets product innovation in the investigative intelligence space Mastodon: @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org : Ah, no surprise... the police surveillance...
2024-04-23
Congrats @parkerconrad and the team @Rippling on the $200M Series F! https://www.rippling.com/...
TechCrunch
HR software company Rippling raised a $200M Series F led by Coatue at a $13.5B valuation, up from $11.25B in March 2023, and a separate $590M tender offer
what a powerful recruiting tool, I have to imagine it also continues to foster trust internally among employees at scale too @parkerconrad https://www.rippling.com/... Varun Mayya ...
2024-04-10
Congrats to the team @ReshapeB on the $20M Series A! Reshape (YC W21) is building the next generation of lab automation robots, enabling researchers to automate visual assays and accelerate the pace of research. https://techcrunch.com/...
TechCrunch
Copenhagen-based Reshape, whose AI-powered robotic imaging system helps track visual changes in lab experiments, raised a $20M Series A led by Astanor Ventures
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch :
2024-04-04
Today, we're kicking off our 38th Demo Day — featuring founders from over 240 startups, building across a variety of verticals, including B2B/enterprise, fintech, healthcare, consumer, climate, and more. Meet the YC Winter 2024 batch: https://www.ycombinator.com/ ... [image]
TechCrunch
A look at some exciting startups from day one of YC's Winter 2024 Demo Day, including those using AI for creating music and helping lawyers review documents
out pops a professional-quality song with your custom lyrics. Britton Winterrose / @bwinterrose : irl YC demo day was just as incredible as i hoped it would be founders, new friend...