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The former head of Y Combinator wants to distribute UBI via cryptocurrency - and is testing an eye scanner that would identify recipients
Worldcoin would use an orb-shaped device to scan people's irises to identify them, Bloomberg report…
Natasha Dailey
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I got into Y Combinator as a solo founder and left with a $4.5 million investment. Here's how I got in on my second try and what it was like.
Y Combinator's Demo Day helped startup founder Kathryn Cross raise $4.5 million from investors like…
Claire Turrell
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Y Combinator entrepreneurs say they were kicked out of the accelerator for criticizing its founders and slamming efforts to skip vaccine lines
Prolific CEO Katia Damer and Dark CEO Paul Biggar said they were kicked out for criticizing misogyn…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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Sex and the single gene: new research shows a genetic 'master switch'
In humans and other animals, sex is usually determined by a single gene. However, there are claims …
PTI
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This Y Combinator-backed fintech provides loans to small businesses in Africa. Check out the 10-slide pitch deck Numida used to raise $12.3 million.
Numida claims to have advanced more than $20 million in funding since April 2021 and is growing its…
Callum Burroughs
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Airbnb will select one startup a year to fund with ‘no strings attached’— founder Brian Chesky dedicates initiative to the company’s earliest investor Ron Conway
Through the award, Chesky and Conway will select one Y Combinator startup that “is working to cr…
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A Slack channel for Y Combinator founders who moved from San Francisco to Austin had to be capped at 150 because 'there were too many people'
Texas has become an attractive locale for tech talent looking to leave the Bay Area, including Tesl…
Katie Canales
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27 biotech execs who've sold the most stock
These are Business Insider's biggest healthcare stories for October 29.
Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer
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These seven Indian startups are in Y-Combinator’s top companies list
Y-Combinator, which has backed cos like Airbnb, DoorDash, has shared its 2020 top companies list.In…
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Alexis Ohanian has left Reddit's board in a 'long overdue' move. Here's how he launched Reddit into a $3 billion behemoth and became an outspoken activist in the tech world.
The Baltimore, Maryland-raised Ohanian initially thought he wanted to become a lawyer before an epi…
Avery Hartmans
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Reddit has named a new board member after founder Alexis Ohanian quit and urged the company to name a Black candidate in his place
Reddit's board appointment comes after Ohanian stepped down from his seat last week in what he call…
Avery Hartmans
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These 10 Indian startups are taking part in Y Combinator’s demo day
One of the world’s most renowned accelerator programmes, Y Combinator, is concluding its summer pro…
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Paypal founder Peter Thiel's foundation invests in an Indian fund for farmers
“We see immense value in Kisan Network’s focus in providing market linkages directly to farmers,…
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Startup founders need to distance themselves from big tech, according to the CEO of famed startup accelerator Y Combinator
Although Google and Facebook started out as four-person teams themselves, both tech giants have com…
Megan Hernbroth
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RBI tightens norms for Chinese lending apps
Chinese digital loan apps were utilising the loophole in the regulatory guidelines to dupe Indian c…
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Sam Altman, one of the world's most influential tech investors, has stepped down as president of Y Combinator
YC remains one of the most influential tech incubators in Silicon Valley, having graduated companie…
Nick Bastone
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CEO of buzzy European tech firm MessageBird reveals why Y Combinator requires its startups to 'kill the fluff'
One thing about YC is certain, though: Its insistence on moral integrity. "YC told us to be good pe…
Charlie Wood
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The cofounder of a Y Combinator-backed trucking startup says there's one thing about self-driving trucking that everyone gets wrong
"The key thing is that technology's really hard, proving safety is really hard, those are things th…
Rachel Premack
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Brex, the billion-dollar startup backed by Peter Thiel and Y Combinator, plans to launch a new card for more mature fintechs
That's why Brex has plans to launch a new card in April geared specifically towards more establishe…
Dan DeFrancesco
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This Y Combinator-backed AI firm trained its chatbot to call you on the phone, and it's fun but a little creepy
"The main purpose of Replika is to provide you constant companionship to make you feel better. We s…