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Tech founder responds to backlash after tattooing company logo on potential employees

‘I messed up,’ the San Francisco-based founder said

The Independent UK

OpenAI to invest in YC startups using $2 million worth of tokens; here’s what it means

OpenAI to invest in YC startups using $2 million worth of tokens; here’s what it means

OpenAI is providing two million dollars worth of tokens to each startup in the current Y Combinator batch. This initiative aims to accelerate product development and internal workflows. Startups will exchange equity for these tokens. This move is expected to unlock significant innovation from driven founders.

The Economic Times

Gig workers' incentives cool; YC attendees resell AI credits

Gig workers' incentives cool; YC attendees resell AI credits

Happy Tuesday! Despite a shortage of delivery workers, payouts for gig riders have increased only slightly this summer. This and more in today's ETtech Morning Dispatch.

The Economic Times

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Indian founders flip Y Combinator’s $25,000 AI tokens for quick bucks

A grey market for discounted AI credits has emerged following Y Combinator's Startup School in India. Attendees are selling free credits for AWS, Azure, and OpenAI at reduced prices, with some facing activation issues and restrictions. These messages are from founders, engineers and student builders.

The Economic Times

Felipe Cortés Bello: Bridging Wall Street Rigor and Silicon Valley Speed – The Finance Whiz Powering AI-Driven Fundraising for Next-Gen Fintech Unicorns

Every industry has that moment when everything changes, when a new idea breaks through, and nothing works the same again.

Meet 'Chad: The Brainrot IDE,' The Product People Dismissed as a Prank Is Solving One Problem 'Nobody's Talking About': 'This Isn't a Joke'

A new Y Combinator–backed product that people initially thought was deliberately unserious and gimmicky, dubbing it "rage bait" rather than a real tool, has big ambitions for helping developers increase productivity.

Tech CEO Garry Tan slams college entrepreneurship programs for 'teaching you to lie'—he warns Gen Z students that it could land them in jail

Y Combinator boss Garry Tan warns against the “dangerous” embrace of Sam Bankman-Fried and Elizabeth Holmes by some education programs.

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An engineer was caught secretly working for multiple Silicon Valley startups at once

An engineer was caught secretly working for multiple Silicon Valley startups at once

The saga began on Wednesday when the engineer started going viral on social media as startup founders discovered he had worked for multiple companies.

Soham Parekh Accused Of Fooling YC Startups While Working 4 Jobs At Once: Suhail Doshi Says He Faked His Resume, Lied About His Location

Soham Parekh Accused Of Fooling YC Startups While Working 4 Jobs At Once: Suhail Doshi Says He Faked His Resume, Lied About His Location

Suhail Doshi, founder of Playground AI and analytics platform Mixpanel Inc., publicly accused an Indian software engineer of simultaneously working at multiple startups while allegedly defrauding Y Combinator portfolio companies.

Infisical raises $16 million Series A led by Elad Gil to safeguard secrets

Infisical raises $16 million Series A led by Elad Gil to safeguard secrets

Infisical, secrets management startup, has raised a $16 million Series A, led by Elad Gil.

This YC-Backed AI Assistant Makes Excel Way Easier

This YC-Backed AI Assistant Makes Excel Way Easier

Excel is one of the most used tools and a source of frustration for many professionals. However, this tool from Y Combinator, Carousel, aims to tackle

For AI agent startups, deal count is up 81.4% year over year, says PitchBook

For AI agent startups, deal count is up 81.4% year over year, says PitchBook

Per PitchBook, YC is the leading investor in LLM agents, by all-time number of investments. In the trailing 12 months, there have been 156 deals in the space.

Student accused of assaulting female student expelled after protests

Student accused of assaulting female student expelled after protests

Over a couple of months after being accused of assaulting a female student, Jaison Joseph, a fourth-year student, was expelled from Mount Zion Law College in Kadammanitta on Wednesday.

Garry Tan says founders ‘have to be in San Francisco’ as Y Combinator ditches Mountain View headquarters for the big city

Garry Tan says founders ‘have to be in San Francisco’ as Y Combinator ditches Mountain View headquarters for the big city

Y Combinator moved its headquarters out of Mountain View last year.

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Youth Congress holds demonstrations across State to protest Mamkootathil’s arrest

Youth Congress (YC) president Rahul Mamkootathil’s pre-dawn arrest sans prior notice from his residence in Pathanamthitta early Tuesday triggered Opposition protests across the State. It also drew sharp criticism from the Congress leadership.

Magistrate court remands YC State president in judicial custody till January 22

The Judicial First Class Magistrate (III), Thiruvananthapuram, on Tuesday remanded Youth Congress (YC) State president Rahul Mamkootathil in judicial custody till January 22 after the police arrested and produced him in court as the prime instigator of the violence that unfolded in front of the Government Secretariat during an Opposition…

Youth Congress protests Mamkootathil’s arrest across Kerala

Youth Congress (YC) president Rahul Mamkootathil’s dawn arrest sans prior notice from his residence in Pathanamthitta has triggered Opposition protests across the State and drawn sharp criticism from the Congress leadership.

Court completes hearing arguments for and against releasing Kerala Youth Congress State president Rahul Mamkootathil on bail

A magistrate court in Thiruvananthapuram on January 9 completed hearing arguments for and against releasing Youth Congress (YC) State president Rahul Mamkootathil on bail. It has reserved its orders for later in the day.

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Police register case against members of CM’s security detail

Police register case against CM's security detail for attacking YC & KSU activists in Alappuzha. Court directs police to investigate incident.

Chaos in capital city as YC protest turns violent

Chaos gripped the capital city with scores of Youth Congress (YC) workers laying siege to the Secretariat on Wednesday.

March by YC, KSU to house of CM’s gunman turns violent

Youth Congress & KSU activists clash with police in protest march to CM's security detail's house in Thiruvananthapuram.

Child’s abduction | Youth Congress workers stage protest in front of Pooyappally police station

Child’s abduction: Youth congress workers protest police inaction in abduction of 6yo Abigail Sara Reji in Kollam, Kerala. Allegations of early investigation lapses, as most law enforcers were elsewhere. Protest reflects public sentiment.

Two injured as DYFI, YC activists clash at Kunnamangalam

Clash between DYFI and YC activists at Kunnamangalam in Kozhikode on Sunday; two YC workers injured; six persons taken into custody; K. Jayanth alleges attack was spearheaded by DYFI workers; CM accused of promoting violence in name of Navakerala Sadas.

Youth Congress leader Rahul Mamkootathil reaches police station for ‘questioning’ in the voter identity card counterfeiting case

Newly elected Youth Congress State president, Rahul Mamkootathil, turned up for “questioning” in connection with a high-profile criminal case relating to the alleged use of digitally counterfeited Election Commission of India voter identity cards

YC acitivists granted conditional bail in fake voter ID card case

Four Youth Congress activists granted conditional bail for forging voter ID cards to rig polls. Court rejected police application for custody, citing failure to adhere to criminal procedure norms. Accused must appear before investigation officer & barred from leaving country. CM termed it treason, Opposition termed it witch hunt. Probe…

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