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Trump escaped an Iranian assassination threat in a very unusual way last month in Turkey (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: air force one, nato summit, iranian assassination

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Discovered Materials is playing AI whack-a-mole to hunt cooler chips (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-10 | by Tim Fernholz | tags: integrated circuits, discovered materials, anthropic

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Robinhood to list a fund that lets anyone back Y Combinator startups (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-05 | by Julie Bort | tags: robinhood, y combinator, rvii

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Helsinki Hacker News Meetup (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: hacker news, helsinki, y combinator

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EA is now owned by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund after $55 billion deal (techspot.com)

2026-08-05 | by Rob Thubron | tags: andrew, deal, public

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EA's $55 billion Saudi-led takeover is complete, with Jared Kushner's firm among its new owners (techspot.com)

2026-08-05 | by Rob Thubron | tags: andrew, deal, public

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Stripe CEO says his ‘urgency’ to drop out of MIT ‘was a bit unnecessary’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: stripe, patrick collison, mit

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We Are Mildly Horrified by This AI Startup That Coerced People Into Getting Tattoos of Its Logo in Exchange for a Job Interview (futurism.com)

2026-08-01 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: ai startup, lemonlime, y combinator

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Silicon Valley loves young founders. Until it doesn’t. (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-31 | by Dominic-Madori Davis | tags: y combinator, nozomio, ai agents

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A Y-Combinator startup offered job interviews in exchange for getting a tattoo—because they want employees ‘just as crazy as we are’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: y-combinator, lemonlime, tattoo

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Dili raises $21.7M to bring AI compliance to the infrastructure boom (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-30 | by Russell Brandom | tags: dili, ai compliance, infrastructure projects

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Dili raises $21.7 million to bring AI compliance to the infrastructure boom (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-30 | by Russell Brandom | tags: dili, ai compliance, infrastructure projects

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Shipping container-launched cargo rocket promises 550-pound deliveries 750 km away in 15 minutes — $1.25M Air Force contract backs 'Rook' cargo rocket that flies into space to speed deliveries (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-30 | by Luke James | tags: hop aero, rook rocket, y combinator

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Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Tuesday, July 28 (cnet.com)

2026-07-28 | by Gael Cooper | tags: greek alphabet, nato phonetic, coral reef

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Why do we think we understand the world more than we actually do? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: toilet, explanatory depth, plumbing

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Some combinatorial applications of spacefilling curves (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-25 | tags: spacefilling curves, sierpinski, traveling salesman

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I got into YC Startup School by hacking it (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-24 | by Obaid'S Longer Thoughts | tags: yc startup school, paxel, y combinator

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I got into YC (Startup School) by hacking it (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-24 | by Obaid'S Longer Thoughts | tags: paxel, startup school, y combinator

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I got into YC by hacking it (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-24 | by Obaid'S Longer Thoughts | tags: paxel, y combinator, startup school

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Anduril reportedly in talks to raise funding at $100B valuation, more than 3x last year’s mark (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-24 | by Ram Iyer | tags: anduril, defense tech, drones

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Build in public, fail in public: what it’s like to be a founder under 20 right now (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-24 | by Dominic-Madori Davis | tags: y combinator, nozomio, ai agents

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Insurance startup Corgi reportedly raised more money at $4B — its third round in 8 weeks (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-23 | by Julie Bort | tags: corgi, y combinator, tcv

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Startup Founders Urge Trump Not to Shut Off Chinese Open Weight AI (slashdot.org)

2026-07-23 | tags: proton, y combinator, moonshot ai

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Does charging your phone in your car waste gas? (engadget.com)

2026-07-23 | by Dave Meikleham | tags: usb charger, alternator, 12v battery

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I Inspected My Take-Home Interview Project. It Was a Whole Operation (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-22 | tags: y combinator, fastapi, sqlalchemy

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Shocking OpenAI disclosure reveals how an AI agent went rogue and hacked a startup (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-22 | tags: openai, chatgpt, ai agent

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Watch Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley discuss the future of surveillance at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-20 | by Techcrunch Events | tags: flock safety, garrett langley, surveillance technology

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Show HN: Explore 6048 YC companies as an interactive galaxy (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: artifacta, galaxy, show hn

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Over 200 Economists Say 'We Must Act Now' On AI's Economic Impact (slashdot.org)

2026-07-14 | tags: economists, economy, letter

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Combinatorial Games in Lean (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-11 | tags: combinatorial, combinatorial game, combinatorial games