How Y Combinator founders are pitching the AI boom

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Garry Tan is a top seed investor.
Garry Tan is a top seed investor.

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Y Combinator founders seized the AI boom in 2025, with increasingly younger teams securing millions in seed funding.

The rise of the AI wingman

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I cofounded my AI startup while on paternity leave. Here's how I balance work and being a dad.

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Aaron Cannon cofounded an AI startup that recently raised $30 million. He also picks up his 3-year-old every day from preschool.

Aaron Cannon

Read 46 pitch decks that creator-economy startups used to raise millions of dollars

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Dub, a fintech startup that lets people copy influencers' stock trades, raised a $30 million Series A round in 2025.

Dub

The SpaceX Mafia is here

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SpaceX

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Read the pitch decks of 14 startups looking to disrupt dating apps and social networking that have raised millions

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Money in the shape of a heart

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2 former Hinge execs are building an app to make it easier to plan hangouts with your friends

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Sam Levy and Tim MacGougan cofounded Rodeo, a new startup building an app for making plans with friends.

Rodeo

We're cofounders who left Amazon to build our own startup. We learned the hard way why Big Tech habits don't always translate.

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Andy Ratsirason and Shalini Aggarwal left Amazon at seperate times but reunited to run their AI startup, Tenafli.

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No network? No problem. How I built an AI startup at 18 with teens around the world.

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Alex Yang founded a startup with other high schoolers he met online.

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Healthcare VCs predict more AI transparency investment, private equity M&A, and a quiet year for IPOs in 2026

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2025 to 2026: Healthcare predictions

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