The Delve Scandal: A Y Combinator Darling Just Got Hit With a Bombshell Fraud Accusation

On March 18, an anonymous Substack account named Deepdelver published a lengthy article that claimed to have evidence that ...
MassLive

The startup accelerator behind Airbnb and Reddit is thinking about coming back to Massachusetts

There are no other startup launchpads with a track record that can compare to Y Combinator. If you’ve ever booked an Airbnb, posted a comment on Reddit, ordered food from DoorDash or bought some ...
Inc

90 Percent of Y Combinator Startups Are Now AI Companies—Here’s Why That’s Alarming

In its summer 2025 batch, 154 of 170 startups were AI companies. In the fall, 140 of 154 were. That’s 90 percent of each cohort singularly devoted to artificial intelligence, a concentration unlike ...
TechCrunch

Y Combinator grad and AI insurance brokerage Harper raises $47M

Dakotah Rice is stepping back into the founder’s seat. On Wednesday, he announced that his new company, the AI-native insurance brokerage Harper, has raised $46.8 million in a combined Series A and ...