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Venture Capital - Hustle Fund (London Lead), Mangusta Capital | Enterprise GTM B2B SaaS & AI | Business Development & Strategic Partnerships | Ex-LinkedIn, Dell, Verkada | Startup GTM Advisor | Community Builder
Posted 1h ago
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Guess which LLM is preferred amongst founders at Y Combinator’s latest 2025 winter batch?
Clue: it's probably not the one you're thinking about...
So, during Y Combinator's Winter 2025 batch, one of the questions asked during the application process was:
"What's your tech stack and model of choice?"
For context, this is about the tech stack YC founders use for coding, building AI agents, core product development, etc.
The preferred LLM?
Claude from Anthropic, with 52% (based on founder se ...more
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Founder & CEO at Clear (YC W21) | Forbes 30u30 | The Sunday Times Young Power List
Posted 1h ago
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Five years ago, I incorporated Clear, and a few days later, Y Combinator W21 was about to kick off. It still feels kind of insane that my first day of full-time work after education was… YC.
At the time, I didn’t know any of the YC lore. I barely knew the ecosystem. I wasn’t “networked into VC.” I was just a physics student with a burning problem.
I’d dealt with severe cystic acne for 10+ years, and I was exhausted by the same loop:
- try a product
- hope it works
- break out / react / waste ...more
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Most “AI engineers” are just API wrappers.
The real bottleneck right now is orchestration.
Founders aren’t struggling to *call* models.
They’re struggling to make agents actually do work, Your RAG isn’t slow because of GPUs.
It’s slow because your agents don’t coordinate.
reliably, end-to-end.
State.
Retries.
Tool execution.
Failure recovery.
Feedback loops.
That’s where things break.
We just audited a small group of 5 builders who are actually working at this layer.
They’re shipping:
• M ...more
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Founder & CEO SalesTrigger | AI-SDR for LinkedIn | 2,000+ booked calls | $27M raised by clients | Building the future of outbound 🚀
Posted 4h ago
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My 2025 predictions went viral last year, so let me do this again! 3 tech bets I’m confident about for 2026 (with real examples) 👇
1. The industry is moving from “AI apps” to AI-native companies
If you look at recent Y Combinator batches, the pattern is clear: Fewer surface-level AI features, more companies where AI owns the core workflow.
Examples:
Artificial Societies ($5.3M raised in seed stage) builds AI-driven persona environments that simulate human behavior for product testing and des ...more
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If you’ve ever believed in something, you know why this matters:
Belief isn’t the problem.
Clarity under pressure is. 🎯
This only matters if you’ve felt the sting of rejection —
the missed follow-up, the quiet “no,”
the moment you realized:
“The opportunity was there. The message didn’t land.”
Not because the idea wasn’t strong —
but because the pitch wasn’t clear. 🔍
That’s why we built the Pitch Clarity Kit.
➡️ Clear positioning you can repeat.
➡️ One message across every touchpoint.
➡️ ...more
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Most founders don’t lose because of lack of resources.
They lose because they can’t clearly articulate why they exist — or what’s next.
We interviewed a handful of founders while building this. 🎯
What surprised us wasn’t what they didn’t have:
❌ It wasn’t funding.
❌ It wasn’t talent.
❌ It wasn’t access or network.
(Some are already connected to the Y Combinator ecosystem.)
What was missing was clarity.
Clarity around:
➡️ Their core “why”
➡️ The voice they want to lead with
➡️ The direct ...more
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YC Launch
{INTRODUCING} BRAND CLARITY KIT:
➡️ If you can’t clearly explain your brand, it’s costing you momentum.
❌ We didn’t create the Brand Clarity Kit as another branding exercise.
✅ We created it because even inside our own studio, clarity is what makes everything work.
In the video below, our creative assistant explains why she spearheads this process —how it removes guesswork, creates alignment fast, and provides clear direction before anything is built.
The Brand Clarity Kit replaces assumptio ...more
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The course that launched Airbnb, Stripe, and Dropbox.
Before Y Combinator was a trillion-dollar portfolio, it was a class at Stanford: "How to Start a Startup."
Sam Altman, Peter Thiel, Paul Graham , and Reid Hoffman gave 20 lectures on everything from finding product-market fit to hiring your first engineer.
The content is timeless. The advice is priceless. The cost is $0.
The Playlist: https://lnkd.in/dkexAyBy
How to actually finish it:
1. Watch one lecture a week.
2.👇🏽 Use Breni to gen ...more
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Recently at Y Combinator day Elon Musk mentioned that in near future the number of Humanoid Robots will surpass the number of humans by 5x-10x. This sounds scary.
What will be our role as Humans in future? With the advancement of AI and Robots will there be anything for us? Watch this and share what you feel -we’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments.
Watch this video by our Co-Founder, Yasas Gunaratne as he shares his perspective on this topic.
#Humanoid #Robots #AI #Future #Machines ...more
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Founder at Ghost Protocol | Building Decentralized Mesh Networks (SiO2-Neural-v1) | YC Applicant 🚀[cite: 2025-12-31]
Posted 17h ago
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The world doesn't need the internet to stay connected. 🌍🚀
I am 13, and I’ve spent the last few months building OMNI — The Decentralized Mesh Economy.
Most startups focus on apps, but I wanted to solve the infrastructure problem. I engineered the SiO2-Neural-v1 engine to allow devices to sync and communicate in 100% Airplane Mode. No Wi-Fi, no cellular towers, no central control [cite: 2025-12-24, 2025-12-31].
In my latest demo, I successfully synced 5 nodes simultaneously without a single byte ...more
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We just onboarded 5 engineers who can rewrite your core infrastructure this weekend.
This is not a hiring post.
This is a systems-level unlock.
These aren’t React devs.
They’re systems builders.
• IIT (CS / Elec)
• JEE Advanced < 200
• Built compilers, OS components, low-latency engines
• Comfortable with C++, Rust, distributed systems
They already have top-tier HFT / quant offers.
But they don’t start for a few months.
They’re bored.
They want to ship.
And they specifically want to work w ...more
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Happy New Year!
2025 was a year of transformation. My goal was simple: learn Python and AI. What I accomplished exceeded my wildest expectations.
As a Sr. Atlassian Administrator at Proofpoint, I dove headfirst into AI—using Claude Code to build Forge apps for Jira that streamline our workflows. But I didn't stop there.
I built two complete applications from scratch, with 100% of the code written using Claude Code:
ACIS Trading (acis-trading.com) — A portfolio management platform pow ...more
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YC News
Long time no see 👋
I’ve been a bit quiet here over the past few months. After finishing my graduate studies at the University of Michigan, I took some time to step back, reflect, and think carefully about what I wanted my next chapter to look like.
My training at Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning, University of Michigan, alongside the University of Michigan - School of Information, shaped how I think about cities as systems — especially where policy, design, and implementation ...more
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AI Automation Expert & Full Stack Developer | CEO, Digilistan | I build WhatsApp chatbots, SaaS tools, and n8n workflows that replace manual work for growing businesses
Posted 1d ago
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DROPOUT STATUS: THE NEW FOUNDER GOLD STANDARD? ✅
Is your unconventional journey now your biggest asset in the startup world?
A surprising trend sees AI founders leveraging their 'college dropout' status as a badge of honor in top accelerators like Y Combinator.
This narrative suggests a shift towards valuing raw talent and unconventional problem-solving over traditional academic paths.
👇 Why It Matters:
🔹 This trend highlights the immense value of innovative thinking and real-world applicat ...more
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Decoding Indian Startups | Daily Carousel Case Studies | Learning How Businesses Scale | IPO Analysis | Turning Information into Investment Insight | Open to Collaborations/PR | Account managed by @Dhrumil Lohiya
Posted 1d ago
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🚀 Struggling to get your first startup cheque? You’re not alone.
Most founders spend months pitching—and still get rejected. But some programs are literally waiting to fund startups right now.
Here’s a cheat sheet of India + global accelerators that actually give you money, mentorship, and network:
🌍 Global Giants:
Techstars – $20K–$100K (6–9% equity)
Y Combinator – $500K + network
500 Global – early-stage funding + worldwide support
Antler – pre-seed funding + team formation
🇮🇳 India-Fo ...more
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CTO & Co-founder @ Clinivise | Founder @ Y Analyzer | Autonomous Agents for Research | Caltech Ph.D. | U.S. Navy Veteran | Tillman Scholar
Posted 1d ago
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Day 21 of building Y Analyzer
While it might be New Year’s Eve, I’m still here building! 🎉
Today’s update is the YC application tracker, a feature to help keep your applications organized.
If you are applying to YC, you almost always end up juggling multiple ideas, multiple drafts, and sometimes multiple batches. That complexity adds friction fast. This feature is designed to keep everything structured, searchable, and easy to iterate on.
The application is formatted exactly like the YC a ...more
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Cultivating a culture of timeless beauty, grace and vitality. Client centered care with a focus on Antiaging and hormone optimization
Posted 2d ago
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YC News
As another year comes to a close, I find myself reflecting on the many things I am thankful for, with the most significant being the opportunity to see my children thrive.
This past weekend, Sanjay Misra, MD, FSIR, FAHA, FACR moved our youngest into his apartment in Dogpatch, San Francisco. I am thrilled to share that our 20 yr old junior has been accepted into Y Combinator, the world’s most prestigious startup accelerator.
I am proud to witness him achieve this milestone. His passion for i ...more
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"Is YC still worth it in 2025?"
Founder Question: "Is Y Combinator still worth it in 2026?"
Answer from evaluating YC + non-YC outcomes:
YC isn't magic. It's leverage.
4 ways YC still creates asymmetric advantage:
1️⃣ Instant credibility with institutional VCs
"YC S25" on deck = you pass first filter. Non-YC = you're explaining yourself.
2️⃣ Investor batching effect
250+ investors showing up to Demo Day > you cold-emailing 250 investors. Time compression matters.
3️⃣ Alumni network density
13, ...more
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YC Launch
🚀 Introducing Agent Transfers at MoreStore.ai
We're excited to announce a game-changing feature that's creating value for businesses the moment they sign up.
Here's what makes it unique: We've proactively built thousands of AI seller agents for companies across the ecosystem. This is including every Y Combinator company and Fortune 500 company.
These agents are already working, generating leads and engaging potential buyers.
The best part? Your agent is ready and waiting. All you need to d ...more
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Managing Partner & Cofounder, Golden Gate Ventures | AI Engineer (Using AI for Startup Selection) | The Startup Whisperer | Neurips 2025
Posted 2d ago
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The GOAT of angel investing by far - Elad Gil. Check out the 20VC's interview and our summary below.
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