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VR browsers are key to a more immersive web
GUEST: Last month I covered what an eventful year 2017 was for the WebVR industry and also dug deeper in distinguishing between the two types of WebVR browsers, namely “WebVR-ready” versus “VR-first”...
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Hashtag creator launches Molly to make a personal bot from your social media...
Hashtag creator Chris Messina today launched Molly, a service that allows people to ask questions about you and glean information from your various social media profiles. Molly skims your posts on...
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Look After My Bills wants to cut your energy costs by sourcing the best deals
EXCLUSIVE: Look After My Bills wants to take the hassle out of finding the best energy provider by sourcing the cheapest deals on the market. The London-based startup launched today and will be...
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Memora Health uses texting to keep patients on top of their own care
EXCLUSIVE: Memora Health wants to automate patient discharges and follow-ups through its SMS-based virtual assistant so as to relieve care teams of certain administrative hassles. The Mountain View,...
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Andreessen Horowitz leads $18 million investment in satellite startup Astranis
Andreessen Horowitz is venturing into space with today’s announcement that it’s leading an $18 million round in Astranis. The San Francisco-based startup is launching out of stealth today with plans to...
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Proof uses real-time stats to increase website conversion rate
EXCLUSIVE: When you walk into a shop or restaurant, you quickly get a feel for its popularity and ambiance. But when you’re in front of a computer, it’s hard to tell how “hot” an online marketplace is....
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Mother-daughter duo joins Y Combinator to accelerate drug discovery platform...
EXCLUSIVE: While some Silicon Valley tech titans infuse themselves with rejuvenating blood in the hopes of living longer, others work on accelerating drug discovery to cure actual diseases. Dr. Monica...
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Pathrise wants to be the Y Combinator for tech students
EXCLUSIVE: Finding a job is hard for anyone. But when you’re fresh out of college, with few professional contacts and crippling loans to pay back, finding that first job can be even more stressful....
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Tributi joins Y Combinator in a quest to be Latin America’s TurboTax
EXCLUSIVE: We’re all in tax mode here in the U.S. (or at least we should be). Although there are countless software tools available out here to help with this tedious task, other countries are lagging...
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Callisto to launch sexual harassment tracking for tech startup founders
Callisto today announced plans to launch a platform that lets tech startup founders report incidents of sexual harassment. This is Callisto’s first effort to extend its platform for reporting unwanted...
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Y Combinator alum Slite raises $4.4 million for its collaborative docs service
While most startups have to scratch and beg for the slightest bit of attention for their product, occasionally one comes along that seems like it was fired out of a cannon. Paris-based Slite has found...
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Gamelynx raises $1.2 million to make esports games on mobile (updated)
Gamelynx is creating team-based competitive games on mobile, so esports can become more accessible and global. And it has raised $1.2 million to accomplish this task. The whole idea is to make mobile...
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Brex launches credit card for startups, raises $57 million from Y Combinator,...
A fledgling fintech startup is today lifting the lid on a new credit card product specifically for startups, along with the announcement of $57 million in funding from some major figures in the...
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Y Combinator will expand to China with Qi Lu as CEO
Y Combinator is planning to launch a startup accelerator in China. YC China will also have its own CEO: artificial intelligence champion Qi Lu. The former Baidu and Microsoft executive will also act as...
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Y Combinator accepts 15,000 startups into its online school after software...
Prestigious startup accelerator Y Combinator has apologized to entrepreneurs who were left scratching their heads when they received notices that they had been accepted into its Startup School only to...
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Inscribe raises $3 million to automate document fraud detection
Inscribe closed a $3 million funding round to grow its engineering team and open an office in Dublin, Ireland. Inscribe uses AI to scan documents for fraud.Read More
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AirHelp’s new bots collect airline compensation for passengers
AirHelp collects compensation for passengers whose flights have been delayed or canceled. The company is now adding two bots to sift through their claims.Read More
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Y Combinator president Sam Altman steps down to focus on OpenAI
Sam Altman will step down as president of Y Combinator to focus on his work at OpenAI. Y Combinator is also considering a move to San Francisco.Read More
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Cognition IP raises $2.8 million for AI to help patent startups’ inventions
Cognition IP raised a $2.8 million seed round to grow its legal AI services for patent filings and intellectual property law for startups.Read More
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Paul Graham doesn’t understand enterprise software
I follow Y Combinator founder Paul Graham on Twitter because of his philosophical comments on technology. But yesterday, I saw this on my Twitter feed ...Read More
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Robotics investors on how startups should respond to coronavirus
Venture capitalists suggest startups working with AI and robotics reassess amid the economic uncertainty spreading alongside the COVID-19 pandemic.Read More
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Startup accelerators forge ahead with new virtual programs
As the COVID-19 outbreak continues globally, startup accelerators are turning to virtual setups to continue running their programs.Read More
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MindsDB raises $3 million for open source automated machine learning
MindsDB raised $3 million to grow revenue opportunities for its open source automated machine learning designed for on-premises environments.Read More
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GV leads $9 million investment in open source product analytics platform PostHog
PostHog, an open source product analytics platform that can be self-hosted, has raised $9 million in a round of funding led by GV.Read More
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Reflect brings automated no-code web testing to the cloud
Reflect is an automated, no-code testing platform that allows businesses to test web apps without browser extensions.Read More
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Stacker lets anyone transform spreadsheets and databases into web apps
Stacker is setting out to help businesses transform spreadsheets and databases into fully functional apps and portals in minutes.Read More
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Cloud do better: Zaraz promises 40% faster websites with a single line of code
Zaraz emerged from stealth today with a mission to expedite page load times using the cloud and a single line of code.Read More
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In the AI arms race, Metal aims for enterprise dominance with $2.5 million...
Metal, a New York-based artificial intelligence startup, announced that it has raised $2.5 million in seed funding led by Swift Ventures.Read More
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Zerobroker eliminates freight broker fees with AI-powered logistics platform
Zerobroker, the San Francisco-based startup, is making waves in the logistics sector with its AI-backed platform aiming to upend traditional brokerage models.Read More
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GoLinks unveils GoSearch, an AI-powered search tool for the modern enterprise
GoLinks introduces GoSearch, an AI-powered enterprise search tool designed to enhance workplace efficiency by intelligently indexing and swiftly retrieving relevant information across multiple...
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