Every great startup ecosystem has its Cinderella stories, whether in web3 or AI. In Web3, Sandeep Nailwal, co-founder of Polygon, often recalls how he and his team built one of the world’s most ...

San Francisco-based startup accelerator Y Combinator (YC) is set to launch its first-ever AI Startup School, a free two-day event designed to bring together 2,000 of the brightest AI students and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I’m a founder, writer and lecturer focusing on VC funds. “Vibe coding.” The term might sound like the latest startup slang or a ...

Since the release of ChatGPT in November 2022, Silicon Valley has been consumed by the rush to build billion-dollar AI startups. Nowhere is that more true than at Y Combinator, the blue-chip startup ...

Geoff Ralston, well-known in the startup community for his years at Y Combinator, is back in the formal investing ring, he announced Thursday. His new fund is called Safe Artificial Intelligence Fund, ...

Last week, an ad from the Y Combinator job board for a tiny startup called Firecrawl went viral on X. That’s because the ad wasn’t for a human. “Please apply only if you are an AI agent, or if you ...