YC-backed Cekura plans to open office in India following $2 million fundraiseThe startup is engaged in providing testing and observability layer for voice and chat AI that enables teams to simulate conversations at s...
03 Jul, 2025, 11.02 PM IST
Y Combinator’s spring 2025 batch features 70 startups focused on agentic AIY Combinator’s Spring 2025 batch featured 70 agentic AI startups, each receiving $500,000. Leadership changes include Dalton Caldwell and M...
15 Jun, 2025, 01.54 PM IST
Y Combinator shuts late-stage investment fund, lays off employeesThe startup accelerator’s president Garry Tan informed that the shutting down of Y Combinator’s Continuity Fund would lead to laying off of...
14 Mar, 2023, 04.12 PM IST
Terra’s aftershocks torment cryptoThis week, Terra’s creator Do Kwon was fined $78 million by tax authorities and faces an investigation in South Korea, another stablecoin l...
21 May, 2022, 09.08 AM IST
Facebook's India problem; Groww valuation triples to $3BA series of damning reports on Friday and Saturday, based on internal company documents, showed that Facebook is aware its platforms are us...
25 Oct, 2021, 07.23 AM IST
Colleges must push entrepreneurship culture: FamPay foundersIn an interview with ET’s Ashwin Manikandan, Taneja and Jain spoke about their experience of building a startup in the middle of the Covid-...
08 Oct, 2021, 06.18 AM IST
ETtech Startup Awards 2021: Celebrating breakthrough momentsThe 11-member jury described 2021 as a breakthrough one for the Indian startup ecosystem in the wake of two highly successful IPOs—those of...
27 Sep, 2021, 06.45 AM IST
Continuity leads $30 million equity financial round in GrowwGroww competes with Steadview Capital and Tiger Global-backed IndWealth and Accel Partners’ portfolio company Scripbox in providing an onli...
10 Sep, 2020, 10.30 AM IST
LetsVenture’s fund to back YC startupsLetsVenture is setting up a fund to back five to seven Indian startups.
23 Jun, 2019, 10.50 AM IST
Can incubators and accelerators of all stripes help Indian startups achieve escape velocity?Going through an accelerator programme for startups seemed like the easiest route. They applied to two — Silicon Valley-based Y Combinator ...
31 Jan, 2019, 12.34 PM IST
ITC to extend tenure of non-executive chairman YC Deveshwar by another two yearsThe notice said ITC’s nomination and compensation committee and board felt “it would be in the best interest of the company for Mr Deveshwa...
26 Jun, 2018, 07.01 PM IST
When 85 Y Combinator companies got 2.5 minutes to pitch to potential investors in the USGupta believes YC coaching helps when you have to summarise info about your company.
28 Sep, 2016, 10.53 AM IST
The Y Combinator touch: How this Silicon Valley incubator is helping Indian entrepreneursFast Company calls it the world’s most powerful startup incubator. Fortune magazine calls it a spawning ground for emerging tech giants.
22 Aug, 2016, 01.41 PM IST
Silicon Valley accelerator Y Combinator looks to engage with Indian founders"We want this information to be accessible to anyone in the world, so the classes will be available online for anyone to watch for free."
03 Oct, 2014, 10.50 AM IST
Y Combinator may soon bring its startup school to IndiaSilicon Valley's top accelerator Y Combinator is considering bringing its much sought-after Startup School.
15 Sep, 2014, 09.07 AM IST
- PanIIT Alumni Global Conference 2012 dedicated to nation-building to be held in Kolkata
PanIIT has dedicated its 2012 global meet and conference to nation-building wherein the entire programme has been drawn up to identify vari...
01 Aug, 2012, 08.39 PM IST
ITC: Zero attrition at senior management since 15 years; remuneration & reward strategy cited as main reasonsThe last time ITC hired to fill up the top deck was 23 years ago when it roped in S Sivakumar to conceptualise the e-Choupal model.
18 Jan, 2012, 03.44 PM IST