The startup incubator Y Combinator was on the receiving end of online backlash earlier this week after a promotional video from one of its companies made waves for seemingly endorsing worker ...

All six of the firm’s requests for startups are for companies built with AI at the core. They’re looking for organizations focused on everything from retraining employees so that their skills are more ...

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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 ...

Scientific Management, sometimes called “Taylorism” after its founder, Frederick W. Taylor, is the idea that human workers can be fine-tuned to be more efficient. If a garment factory worker could ...

The storied startup accelerator Y Combinator is seeking applications for its Spring 2025 batch. YC shared in a recent "Requests for Startups" that it's looking for various AI-related ideas. From AI ...

Y Combinator has opened applications for its fall cohort, and one of its startup themes focuses on cutting government waste. The theme — "Using LLMs Instead Of Government Consulting" — echoes the ...

Since 2005, Y Combinator has backed over 5,000 companies that have a combined valuation of over $800 billion. The Fall 2025 batch features around 150 startups spanning a diverse range of industries — ...