The startup accelerator’s Little Tech PAC is funding candidates across party lines as Silicon Valley prepares for a bigger ...
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Y Combinator’s Garry Tan wants U.S. open-weight AI labs to ‘distill’ frontier models, too
Tan argues that frontier models themselves trained on public human knowledge so access to capable AI should be "a form of public good." ...
Papaya, an AI agent optimization startup, joins Y Combinator’s Fall 2026 batch with a platform designed to improve quality, ...
The OpenAI CEO says his years running the startup accelerator prepared him to balance pressure from investors, governments ...
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Y Combinator’s Garry Tan says 'do nothing' about distillation as AI giants accuse China of copying their tech
At Y Combinator’s annual Demo Day, CEO Garry Tan explained why he's less concerned about frontier AI model distillation and the existential risk of AI.
He starts by asking founders: ‘What would make this company more powerful?’ ...
Robinhood this week unveiled a financial instrument that lets anyone feel like they, too, can make money by backing Y Combinator startups. Robinhood Venture Fund II (RVII) is expected to become a ...
Y Combinator has raised $700 million for a later-stage fund that will be run by now full-time partner Ali Rowghani. Originally reported by The Wall Street Journal, this new investment vehicle will be ...
It’s been a busy news day for the Epic Games vs. Apple case. Startup accelerator Y Combinator filed an amicus brief today siding with Epic in the long-running antitrust case against Apple. Here are ...
For founders going through the startup accelerator Y Combinator, few people have more direct impact on their learning experience than their assigned group partner. Unlike a traditional venture-capital ...
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