From UP to Y Combinator: The rise & rise of Harshita AroraHarshita Arora has become the youngest general partner at Y Combinator. From a self-taught coder, she built a cryptocurrency app and cofoun...
16 Apr, 2026, 11.13 AM IST
Marc Andreessen sketches AGI pricing for advanced AI systems like OpenClawMarc Andreessen has outlined a tiered pricing vision for artificial general intelligence (AGI). Paid LLMs such as Claude and OpenAI for ope...
08 Apr, 2026, 10.18 PM IST
Backer Y Combinator drops Delve on compliance allegations; top brass allege smear campaignDelve’s removal from Y Combinator’s directory follows allegations that compliance certifications for hundreds of Delve’s clients were fabri...
04 Apr, 2026, 10.06 PM IST
Strategic blunder or genius?: Y Combinator’s Garry Tan reacts on Anthropic’s OpenClaw moveAnthropic announced that users will no longer be able to use their Claude subscription limits with third-party tools such as OpenClaw. User...
04 Apr, 2026, 09.34 PM IST
OpenAI’s TBPN acquisition rooted in decade-long founder ties, says John CooganOpenAI acquires TBPN: Coogan and the other cofounder Jordi Hays said they expect the relationship with OpenAI to continue. OpenAI has indic...
03 Apr, 2026, 03.38 PM IST
Zoho’s Sridhar Vembu hits back after Y Combinator’s Garry Tan said bundled SaaS would soon be irrelevantThe war of words played out on X. Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan posted a screenshot of a news story in which the Zoho CEO had said vibe coding...
02 Dec, 2025, 01.15 PM IST
'We can hang on to one or two of them,' Canada PM says of techies hit by Trump's $100k H-1B feeThe US H-1B visa fee increase to $100,000 has prompted Canada to actively court skilled professionals. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney ...
29 Sep, 2025, 02.42 PM IST
Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y Combinator's longtime group partner Michael Seibel departsMichael Seibel transitions to "partner emeritus" at YC after more than 12 years, having advised over 1,745 startups now worth $192 billion.
21 Mar, 2025, 10.54 AM IST
Gmail users targeted by AI-driven phishing attacksGoogle's anti-scam alliance is struggling to protect Gmail users from AI-driven scams. Cases like Sam Mitrovic's highlight how scammers use...
14 Oct, 2024, 10.44 AM IST
Perplexity AI to launch ads on search platform by fourth quarterLast month Perplexity AI launched a program for publishers with an initial batch of partners, including TIME, Der Spiegel, and Fortune, in ...
23 Aug, 2024, 08.32 AM IST
Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan: San Francisco's 'Twitter menace' or true believer?Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan is one of a cadre of love-them-or-hate-them tech executives and investors with lots of opinions about San Franci...
30 Mar, 2024, 04.20 PM IST
A year later, what are the lessons from Silicon Valley Bank’s epic collapse?The collapse of SVB was swift and stunning, triggering days of sheer terror in Silicon Valley. Y Combinator’s Garry Tan warned that the fai...
11 Mar, 2024, 11.14 AM IST
70% of 229 startups in Y Combinator’s 2023 summer batch are B2B SaaS companiesGarry Tan, president & CEO, YC, said recent developments in AI have opened myriad possibilities and AI is thus a significant focus area for...
07 Sep, 2023, 09.03 AM 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
SVB crisis puts more than one lakh jobs in red: Y Combinator petitions US TreasuryThe petition, written by Y Combinator president Garry Tan, has been signed by over 3,500 CEOs and founders. The signatories also include al...
12 Mar, 2023, 11.28 PM IST
Silicon Valley Bank collapse: top developments so farSilicon Valley Bank (SVB) — a prominent tech-focused bank managing funds of close to about 40% of US startups — was shut down by a Californ...
12 Mar, 2023, 11.21 AM IST
Silicon Valley Bank collapse: extinction level event for startups, says YC president Garry Tan30% YC companies exposed to the troubled bank and won't be able to make payroll in next 30 days, said Garry Tan
11 Mar, 2023, 11.06 AM IST