#y-combinator — Public Fediverse posts

😂OMG, a Y Combinator partner said something mildly controversial about H1B visas, and the internet went full Sherlock Holmes without any actual evidence! 🔍 But don't worry, folks, we can rely on the ever-trustworthy echo chamber of social media rumors. 🎭 Where would we be without complete and utter chaos?
https://www.ababnews.com/news/a626cd7e-5749-414f-a159-d204f221e2be #H1Bvisas #YCombinator #SocialMediaRumors #Controversy #InternetChaos #SherlockHolmes #HackerNews #ngated

🎓 Ah yes, Y Combinator the almighty oracle, here to enlighten universities on how to churn out startup prodigies like a fast-food chain flipping burgers. 🍔 Apparently, all it takes is a dash of computer science and a sprinkle of molecular biology to bake the perfect founder pie. 🤔 Forget management degrees—just build stuff, and poof! You're a founder. 🏗️
https://paulgraham.com/prepare.html #YCombinator #StartupEducation #FounderMindset #UniversityInnovation #HackerNews #ngated

Launch HN: Vendo (YC S26) – Let users build features on top of your product

https://github.com/runvendo/vendo

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49376038

#HackerNews #LaunchHN #Vendo #YCombinator #ProductDevelopment #FeatureBuilding

🚀🥳 Oh, great! Yet another #GitHub toy, because what we all need is a "sandboxed agent harness" (whatever that means) to make sure our "secured personal agent" doesn’t spill coffee on the server. Thank goodness YC is here to enlighten us with more cryptic #buzzwords. 🙄🔧
https://github.com/onecli/onecli #sandboxedagent #YCombinator #techhumor #HackerNews #ngated

🚀 Ah, yet another "revolutionary" voice AI gizmo backed by Y Combinator because clearly, the world was lacking yet another API to compare the infinite parade of indistinguishable speech models 🤖. It's like a beauty contest for robots, but with the excitement of a spreadsheet 💾.
https://speko.ai/ #voiceAI #YCombinator #techhumor #speechmodels #innovation #robotcompetition #HackerNews #ngated

The Job-Interview Tattoo Guy Everyone Got Mad at Finally Explains Himself

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/linkedin-grindset-tattoo-guy-explains-himself/

Oh, how revolutionary! 🎉 Another app promising to teach you everything from Mongol War Tactics to Quantum Physics, just with videos and games. Because nothing says "top-tier education" like a couple of multiple-choice questions and some swipes. 🙄 Bravo, #YCombinator, for backing this groundbreaking innovation! 💡
https://www.trykeet.com/ #revolutionaryeducation #edtech #gamifiedlearning #appinnovation #MongolTactics #HackerNews #ngated

Launch HN: Keet (YC S24) – An app to create video courses on anything

https://www.trykeet.com/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49259309

#HackerNews #LaunchHN #Keet #videoCourses #YCombinator #edtech #onlineLearning

Launch HN: Stoa Markets (YC S26) – A Marketplace for GPUs and AI Servers

https://www.stoaexchange.com

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49246057

#HackerNews #LaunchHN #StoaMarkets #GPUs #AIservers #YCombinator #Marketplace

@theprimetimeagen on YT! 📺

"10% of the world computers were hacked"

https://youtu.be/xNcrfveKlDU?si=zFPYt9xs8ue9KR-W

#Worm #YCombinator #computerhistory

( Ed : stop this madness 😬)

8/9/2026

🚀🎉 Congrats to #Herdr for joining Y Combinator! Because nothing says "future of software" like admitting you're the #bottleneck and still not fixing it. 🙈🤖
https://herdr.dev/blog/herdr-is-joining-y-combinator/ #YCombinator #FutureOfSoftware #StartupSuccess #HackerNews #ngated

Herdr is joining Y Combinator. The runtime stays open

https://herdr.dev/blog/herdr-is-joining-y-combinator/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49201003

#HackerNews #Herdr #YCombinator #TechStartup #OpenSource #Innovation

Launch HN: ProvenMetal (YC S26) delivers circuit boards in days instead of weeks

https://provenmetal.com

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49198464

#HackerNews #LaunchHN #ProvenMetal #circuitboards #YCombinator #fastdelivery #techinnovation

Y’all, we need to talk about the #AI-bros and the fact that they don’t think other people are humans that have value as ya know, people.

“We hosted a YC Startup School afterparty at the #LemonLime office to meet exceptional people, and find out which of them are just as crazy as we are,” wrote Zietz in a now-deleted #LinkedIn post. “That’s why we brought an actual tattoo artist to our party and offered an instant interview to anyone who got a LemonLime tattoo.”

Yep, an AI company said it would interview real humans only if they got branded with the company logo.

They’ve subsequently removed their posts…but the internet is forever.

#yCombinator #startups #hubris #TheBallsOnThisFuckingDude

https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/lemonlime-tattoo-interviews-22366260.php

🎉 Wow, just what the world needed! Another glorified spreadsheet builder, but this time with AI and a *hipster sticker*! 🤖💸 Apparently, letting non-engineers run wild with company data is now considered "secure" because... Y Combinator! 🙄🔒
https://prized.dev #glorifiedspreadsheet #AItech #YCombinator #datasecurity #hipsterinnovation #HackerNews #ngated

🚀🔮 Oh joy, yet another "innovative" solution from the #startup world promising to magically slash costs by tossing #AI models around like a hot potato. 🤹‍♂️ Because who doesn't love the idea of their critical API calls being juggled by a shiny Y Combinator-backed gimmick? 💸🔀
https://usetokenless.com/ #innovation #costcutting #YCombinator #techtrends #hotpotato #HackerNews #ngated

YCombinator's Fall 2026 call is out. AI for kids, compute at sea, proving you're human. The categories reveal where smart money thinks the future is heading.

Link in the comment

#startups #YCombinator #AI #tech

So, Codeberg (which is a FOSS/freedom-focused code hosting site) is run as a cooperative, with members able to nominate measures/policies and vote on them etc.

They just had a vote and approved policies making "AI" / LLM-based projects basically unwelcome there. The vote wasn't close; 70% voted in favour of the policy. It's not a hard & fast "if you use LLM, you're banned" or anything of the sort - it's quite a measured, reasoned stance.

The slopcoders are freaking out. They just don't understand how this is possible. Imagine! A community of people that makes their own decisions and you can't just make them do what you want or ignore them and consume their resources without their consent!

"I like slopcoding, actually" is turning out to be a *really* good litmus test for people you want to have absolutely nothing to do with your project or your community.

Look at some of the whining (this is the only reason I would ever link to YCombinator [1]):
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49021856

[1] Your occasional and irregular reminder: "Hacker" "News" is neither.

#NoAI #NoLLM #sloperator #slopcoding #vibecoding #consent #Codeberg #hosting #forge #community #FOSS #HackerNews #YCombinator

This July I Was Fired from Simple AI (A Deeply YC Company)

https://andys.blog/this-july-i-was-fired-from-simple-ai/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49059587

#HackerNews #firedfromwork #SimpleAI #YCombinator #techstories #jobloss

Ah yes, the classic tale of #hacking into Y Combinator's system by exploiting an unvalidated HMAC 🤦‍♂️. Our hero "discovered" a #vulnerability, and instead of a Nobel Prize in #cybersecurity, he got a ticket to Startup School 🎓. YC's response? A polite nod and a patch, because nothing screams "startup potential" like breaking things for fun. 🚀
https://obaid.wtf/jotbook/2026/07/18/how-i-got-into-yc-by-hacking-it.html #YCombinator #StartupSchool #techhumor #exploits #HackerNews #ngated

"Hi, I'm an alumni of a YCombinator project, now out in the world with VC backing. I have a proposal for you: how about Old Thing, but worse and way more expensive?"

#YCombinator #VentureCapital #A16Z #nitwit #VC #startup #fuckwit #SiliconValley

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/06/19/microsoft-expands-y-combinator-ai-startup-access-xcxwbn/

Microsoft and Y Combinator have expanded Azure, Foundry, GPU, credit, and sales-channel access for AI founders facing production infrastructure demands.

#AI #MicrosoftFoundry #YCombinator #AIStartups #Microsoft #MicrosoftAzure #AzureAI #AICompute #AIInference

Launch HN: TesterArmy (YC P26) – Agents that test web and mobile apps

https://tester.army

#HackerNews #LaunchHN #TesterArmy #YCombinator #AppTesting #WebDevelopment #MobileApps

Launch HN: Adam (YC W25) – Open-Source AI CAD

https://github.com/Adam-CAD/CADAM

#HackerNews #LaunchHN #OpenSource #AI #CAD #YCombinator #TechInnovation #CADTools

🚀 Wow, look at this life-changing innovation: Virtual machines, but now you can control them from the command line! 😱 Who knew typing commands could be so revolutionary? Y Combinator backed, because of course it is—static IPs and per-minute billing, what a time to be alive! 🤖✨
https://machine0.io #LifeChangingInnovation #CommandLine #VirtualMachines #YCombinator #TechRevolution #CloudComputing #HackerNews #ngated

🎩 Ah, yes, the classic "How to Earn a Billion Dollars" talk at the Oxford Union, where future PMs and tech bros unite! 🤓 Apparently, all you need is a time machine to 2005, a magic wand called Y Combinator, and a sprinkle of startup pixie dust to transform into a billionaire! 💰✨ Who knew it was that simple? 🤷‍♂️
https://paulgraham.com/earn.html #HowToEarnABillionDollars #OxfordUnion #YCombinator #StartupLife #TechBros #HackerNews #ngated