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Vivian Midha Shen and Raphael Schaad Join YC as General Partners
We’re thrilled to announce that Vivian Midha Shen and Raphael Schaad are joining Y Combinator as our newest General Pa...
How Vin Bui became engineer #1 at Nowadays — and started treating it like his own company
Vin found Nowadays on Work at a Startup, saw a codebase he could fix, and joined as the first engineer. Now he builds AI...
How Ryder Kemper became employee #7 at Corgi Insurance — and never left San Francisco
Ryder flew to SF for a work trial, moved furniture in a Mystery Machine bus, and decided to stay. Here's what building f...
Christopher Golda and Grey Baker Join YC as General Partners
We're excited to announce that Christopher Golda and Grey Baker are joining YC as General Partners....
Diana Hu Is YC's Newest Managing Partner
We're thrilled to announce that Diana Hu has been promoted to Managing Partner at Y Combinator. Few people have built a ...
Startups don’t need to go viral to win customers
At TechCrunch Disrupt last week, two founders and a VC discussed how to not just gain an early following but keep one....
VCs, Superhuman Mail founder share red flags about product-market fit
Top investors from Iconiq and Sapphire Ventures, along with Rahul Vohra, the founder of Superhuman Mail, share the do's ...
TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 roundtables: Go deeper on the challenges founders are solving right now
TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 is coming to SoWa Power Station in Boston on November 4, bringing founders, investors, an...
Carta and NewView partner, hoping to entice more startups to let employees sell shares early
A new program wants to encourage more startups to allow workers to cash out early by making it easier to transact tender...
From Toast to Bessemer: Who founders will hear from at TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026
Hosted by TechCrunch in partnership with Fidelity Private Shares, the full-day event goes beyond fundraising and AI to e...