Convective Capital raises an $85 million fund to build disaster resilience

After launching to invest in fire tech, Convective is broadening its mandate to disaster resilience.

Sam Altman makes ‘mic drop’ offer to every Y Combinator startup

Altman offered to have OpenAI invest in every single startup in this Y Combinator class: tokens for equity.

Fintech startup Parker files for bankruptcy

Parker, a well-funded startup offering corporate credit cards and banking services, has filed for bankruptcy and is widely reported to have shut down.

Insurance startup Corgi hits $1.3B valuation 4 months after its Series A

Corgi announced on Wednesday a $160 million Series B, led by TCV, valuing the startup at $1.3 billion.

Y Combinator alum Skio sells for $105M cash, only raised $8M, founder says

Subscription billing fintech Skio sold to its competitor Recharge in what was a healthy exit, according to its founder and former CEO.

Embattled startup Delve has ‘parted ways’ with Y Combinator

The controversy around Delve appears to have cost the compliance startup its relationship with accelerator Y Combinator.

Conntour raises $7M from General Catalyst, YC to build an AI search engine for security video systems

Conntour uses AI models to let security teams query camera feeds using natural language to find any object, person, or situation.

Why Garry Tan’s Claude Code setup has gotten so much love, and hate

Thousands of people are trying Garry Tan’s Claude Code setup, which was shared on Github. And everyone has an opinion: even Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini.

YC startups can now receive investment in stablecoin

All startups accepted into YC will soon have the option to receive their seed checks via stablecoins.