YC partners say AI founders are closing huge deals fast by taking a page out of Palantir's early playbook

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Garry Tan, the CEO of Y Combinator, is gesticulating with his hands and is mid-speech. He is wearing a smart watch with an orange band, a black collared button up, and blue jeans. He is sitting in a grey chair in front of a background with text that reads,
Garry Tan, an early Palantir employee, said AI founders should embed with customers.

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Brian Chesky reveals what he learned from a brutal early rejection email

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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky
Chesky said that the early rejection contains a valuable lesson for founders.

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This YC-backed startup wants to speed up US visa applications with AI. Read the pitch deck it used to raise $2.7 million.

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Gale co-founders Rishabh Sambare, Rahul Gudise and Haokun Qin.
Gale cofounders Rishabh Sambare, Rahul Gudise, and Haokun Qin.

Gale

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky lays out the 3 key differences between founders and managers

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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky compared founders to biological parents.

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'The ultimate girl math': Meet the women who make thousands a month renting their clothes

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Lane Creatore in a dress from her pickle closet.
Lane Creatore can make thousands a month by renting out her clothing on Pickle.

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This startup uses AI to predict wildfires. Check out the 10-slide deck OroraTech used to raise a $27 million Series B.

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The OroraTech management team.
The OroraTech management team.

OroraTech

AI coding startups are becoming a hotspot for VCs. Here are the 12 copilots that have landed funding from funds like a16z, Lightspeed, and Menlo Ventures.

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Seek AI CEO Sarah Nagy; Zenlytic CEO and Co-founder Ryan Janssen; and Mintlify co-founders Han Wang and Hahnbee Lee
Seek AI CEO Sarah Nagy; Zenlytic CEO and co-founder Ryan Janssen; and Mintlify co-founders Han Wang and Hahnbee Lee

Seek AI, Zenlytic, Mintlify

What it's like to launch a startup with friends, according to 3 Gen Z cofounders who created a childcare startup together

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The founders of Playground
Longtime friends Sasha Reiss and brothers Daniel and Josh Andrews launched Playground, a preschool software startup, together.

Playground

My wife and I gave up $1 million in Big Tech pay to move from California back to India. I couldn't find purpose in the US.

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Profile photo of man with Indian flag colours
Nithin Hassan moved back to India in 2023 after nearly 20 years in the US

Nithin Hassan; BI/Chelsea Jia Feng

The rise of Sam Altman, OpenAI's billionaire CEO

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Sam Altman Headshot
Sam Altman was well known in the startup scene in Silicon Valley.

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