Despite ongoing debates about its long-term sustainability, the artificial intelligence industry remains a magnet for substantial investment. While some critics warn of an impending AI bubble ...

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 ...

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 ...

One idea the accelerator has is supporting founders who want to build the first 10-person $100 billion company. Y Combinator, the famed Bay Area startup accelerator, has released its quarterly request ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I’m a founder, writer and lecturer focusing on VC funds. The YC demo day numbers present a fascinating puzzle. Y Combinator’s ...

A startup called Pig.dev that participated in Y Combinator’s Winter 2025 batch was working on a potentially revolutionary idea: AI agentic tech to control a Microsoft Windows desktop. But in May, the ...

Y Combinator-backed startup Firecrawl is back on the hunt for AI agent employees. As we reported back in February, its first attempt didn’t yield an AI worth hiring. But it’s now placed three new ads ...

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Y Combinator’s spring 2025 batch featured 70 startups focused on agentic AI. The three-month accelerator programme invests $500,000 in each selected startup. In another YC-related development—Dalton ...

A recent study by MIT’s Project NANDA highlighted a sobering statistic: Roughly 95% of AI projects fail to deliver ...

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Kurt Schlosser on Aug 13, 2025 at ...