Y Combinator-Backed Startup Firecrawl is back on the hunt for ai agent employees. As we reported back in February, Its first attempt didn’t yield an ai Worth hiring. But it’s now placed three new ads On YC’s Job Board for “AI AGENTS ONLY” and has set aside a $ 1 million budget total to make … Read more
Fabled Startup Investor and Accelerator Y Combinator has some choogs for google in an amicus brief it just submitted in the US’s monopoly case against the serach giant. In the briefYc charged that google is a “monopolist” that has “stunted” the us startup ecosystem by making vc firms like itself hesitate to fund web search … Read more
Hr tech startup Rippling Has Raised a $ 450 Million Series G Round at A $ 16.8 Billion Valuation, The company confirmed to techcrunch. It is also conducting a $ 200 million tender offer to give current and former employees some liquidity. The equity raise marks a big jump in valuation from a year ago. … Read more
Techstars, A Nearly 20-Year-old Startup Accelerator, Announced New Terms for Startups that Enter Iter Its Three-Month Program. The Organization will Now investment $ 220,000Which is $100,000 More Than it offered earlier, in companies starting with its fall 2025 batch. The capital will be divided into two components. The group is offering companies $ 20,000 in … Read more
On February 18, 2024, IAN LAFFEY posted on x that he and two others hed just met built a cheap Drone at a hackathon that called Calculated its coordinates simply by using its camera and google maps. He and his colleagues, Sacha léVy and carl schooler, was all engineers under the age of 25. The … Read more
Geoff Ralston, Well-Known in the Startup Community for his years at Y Combinator, is back in the formal investment ring, he announced Thursday. Ralston’s new new fund is called safe artificial intelligence fund or saif, which is bot an explanation of its theseis and a play on words. Ralston is specifically looking for startups that … Read more
When British Doctor Ahmed Kerwan Began Working as a Physician, The Paperwork Burden Shocked Him. On some days, he would spend only three hours actually caring for patients, with the rest of his workday spent on things like Dealing with Insurance Claims. There are alredy dozens, Perhaps Hundreds, of Startups Using Ai To Reduce the … Read more
We may not have An agreed-upon definition of ai “agent” Yet, but a multitude of startups want to create “agentic” tools to automate various tasks online. One such firm, Browser UseHas attracted a ton of interest from developers and investors thanks to its solution that makes websites more “readable” for ai agents. Browser Use Told … Read more
Michael Seibel announced Late Wednsday on X That after more than 12 years at y combinator, he is transitioning to a “Partner Emeritus” Role. Y Combinator Ceo Garry Tan Shared The News Separately in a Company blog postHighlighting Seibel’s long history with the accelerator. Seibel first joined y as a founder, going through the program … Read more
Y Combinator-Backed Nigerian Food Procurement Startup Vendease Has Changed Its Employee Pay Structure and is seeking fresh capital, techcrunch has Learned. This is after laying off 44% of its workforce – Around 120 Employees – Last Month, Marking Its Second round of job cuts in five monthsIn the latest development, the startup has replaced employees’ … Read more