I didn't tell my Y Combinator batchmates I had a kid. I worried they'd think I wasn't hardcore enough.
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A startup founded by ex-DeepMind engineers wants to turn its customers into robot teachers
The CEO of robotics firm Reimagine Robotics said that the startup plans to build actually useful robots by turning its customers into teachers.
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Snyk was worth $8.5 billion. The price of its employees' stock has collapsed.
Snyk, a once-hot cyber startup poised to go public, has dramatically marked down the value of its employees' shares as it faces AI competition.
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Nvidia's interest in Hugging Face is a hedge against a future dominated by OpenAI and Anthropic
Nvidia had talks to acquire Hugging Face for $13 billion, Business Insider reported. It could boost Nvidia's open-source strategy, challenging OpenAI.
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A social media app that feels like the old Instagram days raised $21 million
In 2023, ex-Instagram employees launched a new app called Retro. It's one of many new social media apps taking on Big Tech platforms.
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The chips powering AI can take years to design. This startup says AI did it in 2 weeks.
Architect Labs says it used AI to rapidly design its Redwood chip, promising faster development. Researchers say manufacturing is the real test.
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Nvidia has been in talks to acquire Hugging Face for more than $13 billion
Nvidia has held talks to acquire Hugging Face for more than $13 billion as the chip giant expands its AI dealmaking.
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CEO Jensen Huang went on an AI deal spree in August. Nvidia plans to invest $18 billion more this fiscal year.
Nvidia invests billions in AI, with $18 billion committed to invest in AI model makers and infrastructure the rest of the fiscal year.
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This startup sold Wall Street on AI. Its existential challenge is doing it again.
Hebbia has relaunched its core product, Matrix, to help bankers and investors dig through piles of documents and create client-ready decks and memos.
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Everyone says software is dead. SaaS startup Linear just doubled its valuation to $2.5 billion.
Linear, which makes product management software, completed an employee tender offer at a $2.5 billion valuation.
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Grafana's $600 million milestone shows the AI boom is entering the messy reality of deployment
Grafana surpassed $600 million in annual recurring revenue as companies move AI into production, creating need for new tools, said CEO Raj Dutt.
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Elon Musk's former right-hand man at X will give you 30 minutes of business advice for $15,000
Nikita Bier, former X head of product, offers $15,000 business advice sessions on Intro, targeting venture-backed companies.
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The CEO of the unicorn AI accounting startup, Rillet, says AI is changing who consulting firms hire
Rillet, the AI-powered accounting unicorn, is riding the AI boom and the accountant shortage. CEO Nicolas Kopp says it could change consulting, too.
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Few tech IPOs to list this year as Anthropic, SpaceX steal the spotlight
Two mega-IPOs are making 2026 look like a banner year for tech listings. Strip them out, and the IPO market is shaping up to be another dud.
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Hugging Face has been fielding M&A interest for a deal worth at least $13 billion
Hugging Face, an AI developer platform, has been exploring a potential $13 billion sale, highlighting its key role in the AI ecosystem.
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Devoted Health is raising a new round of funding at a $25 billion valuation
Devoted Health, co-founded by Ed and Todd Park, is raising a round that might value it at $25B, spotlighting the booming Medicare Advantage sector.
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Silicon Valley threw a hot robot party, and the clankers were M.I.A.
Actuate drew 1,500 people to San Francisco as robotics investment surges, though hardware was scarce.
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AI startup Micro1 wants to challenge Google's winning bid for Spirit Airlines data with a higher offer
AI training startup Micro1 is making a late $12.5 million bid for Spirit Airlines' data, testing whether it can disrupt Google's winning deal.
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$9 billion startup Tanium brings back its cofounder as CEO amid AI upheaval
Orion Hindawi, cofounder of $9 billion cybersecurity startup Tanium, returns as CEO, as Dan Streetman steps down. Tanium also made some job cuts.
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Mark Cuban said 'only idiot' founders would stay in California under a wealth tax. We asked 3 founders if they'd leave.
Mark Cuban says startup founders will flee California if the wealth tax passes in November. Business Insider put Cuban's theory to the test.
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Fei-Fei Li says she runs her AI startup like a 'tiger mom'
The "Godmother of AI" said she feels "like a mom" at her start-up, which hires young engineers, researchers, and scientists.
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Pocket's popular AI notetaker launched 8 months ago. Revenue is soaring, but can it last?
Pocket, an AI notetaker hardware startup, says it has reached a $100 million run rate just eight months after launching.
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Silicon Valley has a new insult for performative hustle posts: 'grindslop'
Techies are calling performative work content on social media "grindslop." Business Insider spoke with the grindslop accused — and accusers.
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Harvey's first LLM for legal work is here
Harvey's first AI model, Tenet, is designed to take on more of the tasks typically done by lawyers over hours or days.
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This doctor turned a stroke at 24 into a $75 million bet on smart rings. Read his pitch deck.
Happy Health has raised $75 million to build an AI-powered smart ring that helps doctors diagnose and monitor sleep apnea at home.
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Andreessen Horowitz could make close to $1.5 billion from OpenRouter's potential sale to Stripe
Stripe's potential acquisition of AI startup OpenRouter for $8 billion could create big gains for A16z and Menlo Ventures.
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AI proptech startup EliseAI is in talks to raise a new round of funding at a $3.7 billion valuation
EliseAI, known for AI assistants in real estate, is eyeing a $3.7 billion valuation in a new funding round involving Andreessen Horowitz.
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First came self-driving cars. Now, Waymo veterans are building autonomous construction equipment.
Bedrock Robotics said its excavators equipped with its autonomous AI system are working without human operators on three sites in Texas and Nevada.
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The 25 most promising robotics startups in 2026, according to investors
We asked investors from Sequoia, Felicis, Bessemer, and more to highlight promising robotics startups, as the sector sees an investment boom in 2026.
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What investors say went wrong at Selena Gomez's mental health startup Wondermind
Selena Gomez launched the startup in 2021 alongside her mother, Mandy Teefey, and Daniella Pierson, a business partner.
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VCs are investing more money in social media startups this year after a dismal 2025
The number of venture capital deals backing social media startup has declined since 2021. The sector is seeing new signs of life, though.
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Anthropic has soared to a $1.5 trillion valuation on secondary markets. Almost no one wants to sell.
Anthropic's valuation has recently soared to as much as $1.5 trillion on secondary markets, a 25% increase over the past month.
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Garry Tan says founders who tokenmaxx on AI agents will be 2 years ahead
Y Combinator's CEO has a message for founders worried about burning too many AI tokens: Max them out.
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Departing Google chief scientist Jeff Dean has been in talks for a $10 billion valuation for his new AI startup
The legendary Google engineer has been in discussions for a $1 billion funding round in his new AI startup, Discovery Loop.
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The world's largest sovereign wealth fund revealed a $1.2 billion stake in SpaceX. Here's how much it holds of tech's biggest companies.
Norway's sovereign wealth fund revealed it owns $1.2 billion of SpaceX. Here's how much it has invested in Nvidia, Apple, Alphabet, and more.
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OpenAI finds a crack in Anthropic's business AI lead
Although OpenAI trails Anthropic in business adoption, it won a moneymaking battle in July with its most advanced model, GPT-5.6 Sol.
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Lovable doubles its valuation to $13.3 billion as investors place another big bet on AI coding
Lovable raised $400 million at a $13.3 billion valuation after its ARR nearly tripled in eight months.
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I was a consultant at BCG who struggled to land a project. Here's how I turned it around.
Jonathan Chan joined Boston Consulting Group in 2011 and immediately found himself on the bench. So he decided to do something about it.
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Former OpenAI executive Kevin Weil has sought a valuation of at least $750 million for his new AI science startup
Kevin Weil, the former chief product officer of OpenAI, is in discussions to raise a round of funding for a new AI science startup.
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Why Legora's CEO is betting that every software company ends up ditching the seat
CEO Max Junestrand told Business Insider why Legora adopted a usage-based pricing model, reflecting AI's impact on software economics.
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VCs are chasing startups trying to make the internet social again
Top consumer VCs are betting on AI apps that make the internet more social. They told us the trends they are watching.
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These 40-something founders say they have something the AI kids don't
Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan declared the "age of the unc." We asked founders in their 40s whether what's old is new again.
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Why billion-dollar robotics startups are obsessed with folding laundry
Sunday Robotics, Weave, and 1X are all starting with the same core task: laundry. Here's why it has become their favorite gateway into the home.
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I'm a VC who finds $120 worth of AI subscriptions more productive than an intern. This is my tech stack.
The tech investor shares how using AI in these three ways has saved him countless hours of his day.
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Silicon Valley's latest meme obsession: A years-old picture of Chamath Palihapitiya in a chunky turtleneck
Chamath Palihapitiya's enormous sweater has become Silicon Valley's meme of the summer, and Elon Musk has weighed in.
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Jeff Dean's new startup pitch deck slides are an insane flex
Google's departing chief scientist, Jeff Dean, shared a startup pitch deck with a list of product experience that any founder would be envious of.
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Y Combinator applications are getting longer, with more em dashes. Guess why.
Applications to Y Combinator grew 60% in length over the past three years, one partner wrote. Another pointed out the use of em dashes, suspecting AI.
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This startup that just raised $6.5 million bets the next big side hustle is controlling robots with VR headsets
Avatar Robotics, led by Colin Webb, is paying people to control warehouse robots, which generates the data needed to train autonomous machines.
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Google is in talks for a $1.5 billion-plus deal with AI coding agent startup Mechanize
Google wants its AI to get better at coding. It might have found a shortcut with the startup Mechanize.
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