Startups should only get new hires when things start to break, Y Combinator partner says

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YC partner says that startups should not hire until they really need to.

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Palmer Luckey says this is how Anduril's EagleEye went from moonshot to rollout

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Palmer Luckey talked about how long it took for EagleEye to come to the rollout stage.

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The $160 billion martech industry can't answer a simple question: How does it make its customers money?

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Google stock dips 3% as OpenAI gets into the web-browser game

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OpenAI Sam Altman warned of an AI bubble.

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Why Sam Altman and OpenAI just announced a new web browser

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman waves at the Sun Valley conference, 2025
OpenAI and Sam Altman have big ambitions. Why is one of them making a new web broswer?

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New Yorkers defaced subway ads for Friend's AI wearable. Then Heineken joined the fray with a cheeky billboard.

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The Heineken ad spoofing Friend is pictured in New York City.
Heineken recently launched an ad campaign referencing the Friend's AI wearable ads.

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Elon Musk calls Trump official a 'dummy' amid spat over NASA leadership

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Elon Musk referred to Sean Duffy, Trump's Secretary of Transportation, as "Sean Dummy."

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David Zaslav rejected Paramount's deal — but here's why he's still trying to sell Warner Bros.

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WBD CEO David Zaslav has officially put his company on the blocks. One big question: Will he sell all of it? Or just part of it?

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Inside Tinder's 'cultural reset' as it battles for relevance with Gen Z

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Three Tinder leaders told Business Insider about the dating app's culture shift.

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I demoed a buzzy AI startup and got a glimpse of what investment bankers' jobs might start to look like

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A black laptop on a desk with a dark city skyline behind it.
Hebbia's demo gave me insight into how investment banking could change in the coming years.

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