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I got into YC Startup School by hacking it
tool
7 min read
Y Combinator was scoring over 100,000 founders globally through Paxel, which had a vulnerability allowing score forgery due to an unvalidated HMAC. After disclosing the issue, Y Combinator quickly patched it and invited the hacker to attend Startup School in San Francisco.
YC CEO says he ships 37K LoC AI code per day. A developer looked under the hood
news
3 min read
Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan claims to deploy 37,000 lines of AI code daily across five projects. He emphasizes the significance of "agentic engineering" in his recent social media posts.
Dropbox CEO Drew Houston to step down
news
5 min read
Drew Houston, founder and CEO of Dropbox, will step down after 19 years and transition to an executive chairman role. Ashraf Alkarmi, previously the product chief, will be promoted to co-CEO alongside Houston during the transition.
Y Combinator's Stake in OpenAI (0.6%)
opinion
3 min read
OpenAI, Anthropic, Cursor, and Perplexity selected WorkOS for their infrastructure needs instead of developing their own solutions. Sam Altman previously served as president of Y Combinator before leaving the position.
Y Combinator will let founders receive funds in stablecoins
2 min read
Y Combinator will allow its spring cohort of entrepreneurs to receive funding in stablecoins, specifically Circle-issued USDC. Founders can choose to receive their customary allotment of around $500,000 on various blockchains.