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Y Combinator

Reddit Appoints First Black Board Director, Per Cofounder Alexis Ohanian’s Request

Reddit didn't have to look very far.
By Sissi Cao

Facebook Co-Founder Eduardo Saverin Backs Startup That ‘Generates Startups’

There are all kinds of startups. So why not create a startup that generates startups?
By Sissi Cao

OpenAI Can No Longer Hide Its Alarmingly Good Robot ‘Fake News’ Writer

OpenAI's latest text-generating tool can write decent fake news. We just tried it.
By Sissi Cao
"Leave me alone." (Photo: Twitter)

Alexis Ohanian, Rap Genius and Other Y Combinator Grads Hate on Silicon Valley at NYU Panel

By Myles Tanzer

Mo’ Money for Rap Genius: Impish Ivy Leaguers Raise Millions for Internet Decoder Ring

By Nitasha Tiku

Hacker News Parody Sums Up Everything We Love To Hate About Hacker News

By Jessica Roy

Cast Member of Randi Zuckerberg’s Bravo Show Just Got Hired by Facebook

By Nitasha Tiku

NYC’s Only Robotics VC Firm Makes Its First Investment In a Fresh Y Combinator Grad

By Myles Tanzer

Harvard Business Review Clutches Its Pearls at Pivot ‘Promiscuity’

By Kelly Faircloth

Y Combinator Startup Shoptiques Hired Models to Give Out Free Hugs in NYC Today

By Jessica Roy
(Photo: Ink Head)

What Y Combinator Startups Actually Do, Based on Their (Unpronounceable) Names

By The Editors

Booting Up: Tech-Mad Millennials Edition

By Kelly Faircloth

Startup Hustler Pitches via Parking Tickets Outside Y Combinator Demo Day

By Kelly Faircloth
Those people on the tour bus sooooo want to join that homeless man-guided walking tour (Photo: blog.vayable.com)

Vayable Launches a Concierge Service, Because Alcatraz Sleepovers are No Longer Enough for People

By Margaret Nickens

Playing the Mystery Startup Guessing Game: Which New York App Wants to ‘End Loneliness’?

By Adrianne Jeffries

Loving the Alien: How Erik Martin, King Bee of Reddit’s Hive Mind, Harnessed the Buzz

By Jessica Roy
Paul Graham, YCombinator overlord. (flickr.com/jolieodell)

Beware the Artificial Accelerator

By Jessica Roy
Swiftype's sweet offices. (swiftype.com)

Can This Y Combinator Startup Solve the Site Search Problem?

By Jessica Roy
Can Pair thumbkiss its way out of a lawsuit?

Pair, the Buzzy App for Couples, Gets a Third Wheel: A Lawsuit

By Jessica Roy

About One New Accelerator Is Launching a Day, Says TechStars Founder

By Adrianne Jeffries

Pebble the Smartwatch, the Most-Funded Kickstarter EVAH, Is Now at $4.6 M. and Counting

By Nitasha Tiku
"Here's a photo we've just taken for you at our office right now," said Mr. Soon.

Today In Y Combinator Hacks: PairMixer Lets You Thumbkiss a Stranger

By Nitasha Tiku
Whatchu got, YC? (youtube)

Hacker Hopeful Asks Y Combinator to Marry Him

By Jessica Roy

Meet the (Tentative) Cast of Randi Zuckerberg’s New Bravo Reality Show Silicon Valley!

By Nitasha Tiku
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