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The YC Partner Simulator game, created by an undergrad in Berlin, lets you see if you can predict what startups get into Y Combinator.

The U.S. government shutdown that began this week is the first in seven years. While it might not feel immediately disruptive, for startups waiting on permits, visas, or regulatory approvals, even a few weeks can become an existential problem.  On this episode of Equity, Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Max Zeff talk through how uncertainty … Read more

It’s been a wild year of growth and fundraising for vibe-coding database of choice, Supabase.

Harris-voting states were hit hardest by Department of Energy award cancellations, but not every blue-state project was cut. Politics might play a role.

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The YC-backed startup has raised a $4.5 million seed round as it looks to win over more businesses by replacing cumbersome phone trees with AI-powered software.

The hacking group claims to have stolen about a billion records from companies, including FedEx, Qantas, and TransUnion, who store their customer and company data in Salesforce.

Former SpaceX Falcon 9 engineer Jamie Gull, who started the fund, has already made nine investments.

Lore raises $1.1 million to build a personalized search engine for fandom culture.

Apple has removed ICEBlock and other apps from its App Store that allow users to anonymously report sightings of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, following pressure from the Trump administration.

Investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration are underway.

As part of the change, Anthropic is updating the structure of its core technical group, bringing the company’s product-engineering team into closer contact with the infrastructure and inference teams.

Sora becomes the No. 3 US app after 164K downloads in 2 days, making the AI video app an early hit.

YouTubers are no longer just creators, and in some cases, their side businesses are growing faster than their channels.

Jules is already being used by developers to complete code after experimenting on vibe-coding platforms.

Threads officially debuts communities, dedicated spaces to have casual chats around a topic.

Slow or stopped permitting and a frozen visa process are existential threats for some startups.

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The Trump administration canceled over 300 awards related to clean energy on October 1. The states with affected projects all voted for Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris.

A former OpenAI researcher looked into how ChatGPT can mislead delusional users about their reality and its own capabilities

AI search startup Perplexity is making its new Comet browser available to everyone in the world for free as it works to position the product against big browsers and search engines. For certain paid subscribers, the startup has also launched a new ‘background assistant’ to handle multiple tasks via Comet.  

Amazon’s new “Add to Delivery” button makes it easier for Prime members to buy more and tack on items to existing orders.

The company will likely sell fewer EVs this year than in both 2024 and 2023, making next year’s launch of the R2 SUV even more important.

Phia co-founders Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni are redefining how Gen Z shops with AI. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, they’ll share how they’re scaling one of the year’s hottest startups into a lasting consumer brand. Register to join.

a16z releases its first AI spending report that shows which AI-native application layer companies startups are actually spending money on .

Google says hackers associated with the Clop ransomware gang are emailing executives at multiple organizations claiming to have stolen their personal information from a suite of Oracle E-Business apps.

OpenAI employees sold $6.6B in shares, leading company’s valuation to jump to $500B.

Bloomberg reports that the tech giant is developing at least two types of smart glasses.

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Spacecoin envisions a decentralized rival to SpaceX’s Starlink.