How a team of game devs trying to build the next big thing raised a $4.5 million seed round from A16Z and Laton Ventures

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The team at Antihero Studios
The team at Antihero Studios is building "MISFITZ," a new shooter game and play on the traditional battle royale that allows players to work with and betray each other.

Antihero Studios

OpenAI's record funding is essentially everyone against Google in the AI race

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

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2 founding members of Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab quietly left for Meta

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Murati's AI startup, Thinking Machines Lab, is seeking a $2 billion seed funding round, which could be the largest seed funding round in history.
Thinking Machines Lab CEO Mira Murati.

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This startup wants to bring back snail mail with an AI-powered app. Read the Notion memo it used to raise $2.8 million.

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Andrew Gold (left), Aaron Albert (right)
Andrew Gold and Aaron Albert cofounded

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I founded an AI startup while still in high school. I'm now 22 and have raised over $2M — I have no regrets about skipping college.

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Ishraq Khan.

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AI startup Perplexity says Dow Jones badgered its bot in copyright infringement court fight

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Aravind Srinivas, the CEO of Perplexity.

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It's a terrible time to quit your job. These 7 Big Tech workers share why they did it anyway.

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Kruthika Jayatheertha (left), David Chong (center), and Joslyn Orgill (right)
Kruthika Jayatheertha (left), David Chong (center), and Joslyn Orgill (right) quit their Big Tech roles without another job lined up.

Kruthika Jayatheertha (left), David Chong (center), and Joslyn Orgill (right)

Sales startup Letter AI snags $40 million Series B four months after its last raise. Read its pitch deck.

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Headshot of Letter AI cofounder and CEO Ali Akhtar, wearing a black collar shirt, glasses, and a blue background.
Letter AI cofounder and CEO Ali Akhtar

Letter AI

From strangers to lovers: How this startup is simulating the 'meet-cute' with AI

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222 cofounders Keyan Kazemian, Arman Roshannai, and Danial Hashemi.

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I did Y Combinator in 2016 and 2025. The first time felt more 'family-style.'

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Vybe founder Quang Hoang is pictured.
Quang Hoang did Y Combinator twice, with almost a decade between his experiences.

Quang Hoang

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