Y Combinator’s police surveillance darling Flock Safety raises $275M at $7.5B valuation
Flock Safety and one of its long-time VCs, Bedrock Capital, announced that the startup raised a fresh $275 million at a $7.5 ...
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Y Combinator Takes Heat for Helping Launch a Startup That Spies on Factory Workers
The startup incubator Y Combinator was on the receiving end of online backlash earlier this week after a promotional video from one of its companies made waves for seemingly endorsing worker ...
Y-Combinator Alum Jonas Ebrahimi Paves the Way for AI-Driven Construction Management
Jonas Ebrahimi is changing the construction management industry through AI innovation. Discover his pivotal role in paving ...
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What is Y Combinator now? Critics say the famed accelerator is having an identity crisis
In December, Y Combinator’s first-ever Fall batch got their own Demo Day. The Silicon Valley-based startup accelerator—which has produced big hits like Airbnb, Doordash, and Stripe—had ...
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Y Combinator Pulls Support for AI Startup After Video Emerges of Boss Barking at Human Worker, Calling Him "Number 17"
Add to that list a startup called Optifye, a Y Combinator-backed venture that's "building AI performance monitoring for factory workers, boosting line efficiency for manufacturing companies." ...
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Y Combinator's all-star alum and VC Garry Tan returns to take over the accelerator as its chief executive
Garry Tan, the early-stage investor who founded Initialized Capital, will be taking over for Geoff Ralston in early 2023 as the president and CEO of Y Combinator. Both Initialized Capital and Y ...