TechCrunch

Y Combinator is being criticized after it backed an AI startup that admits it basically cloned another AI startup

A Y Combinator startup named PearAI launched with an X post thread and YouTube video on Saturday and created immediate controversy. And some of that is splashing onto YC itself. PearAI offers an AI ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Y Combinator’s Latest Batch Is 35% AI Startups

More than one-third of the famed startup accelerator Y Combinator’s latest batch of companies are focused specifically on artificial intelligence. Y Combinator received a record 24,000 applications ...
Business Insider

I'm a generative AI startup founder who got into Y Combinator this year. But I turned them down for Neo, another smaller accelerator program. Here's why.

I'm the cofounder and CEO of Aragon AI. I previously applied to Y Combinator and got rejected. But this year, I was accepted with a new idea, but also got into another startup accelerator, Neo. Here's ...
TechCrunch

Exclusive: Y Combinator beefs up with a string of new lieutenants

Y Combinator continues to change shape under CEO Garry Tan, a founder-turned-investor and online influencer. While Tan and his colleagues have attracted media attention lately for quarrelsome social ...
Geeky Gadgets

Sam Altman Interview Reveals Bold Vision for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)

A recent Y Combinator interview with Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, provides an in-depth look at the company’s journey toward Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). Altman discusses the challenges and ...