Y Combinator (YC) continues to be a powerhouse that shapes the future of startups. At the highly anticipated 2025 Winter Demo Day, CNBC’s Kate Rooney sat down with Garry Tan, Y Combinator’s president and CEO, to explore how YC’s approach to supporting early-stage companies has evolved, the increasing influence of artificial intelligence (AI) in the […]
The Rise of Seed-Strapping Amid VC Market Challenges In an increasingly uncertain venture capital (VC) landscape, startup founders are adopting a new funding strategy called “seed-strapping.” This hybrid approach involves raising an initial round of funding and then scaling profitably without relying on additional investments. With artificial intelligence (AI) improving efficiency and reducing costs, many […]
As former executives from major companies like Qualtrics and AWS step into new CEO roles, the tech industry is undergoing significant leadership changes. One of the most notable appointments is Jay Choi, who has taken on the CEO role at Typeform. This San Francisco-based startup specializes in helping businesses create digital forms. Jay Choi Takes […]
In an era where Google controls over 90% of the global search market, European search engine competitors Ecosia and Qwant are joining forces to reduce their reliance on U.S. tech giants like Microsoft and Google. Their groundbreaking partnership aims to create a new, independent search engine infrastructure that will put European businesses back in control. […]
In a recent case brought by independent news outlets Alternet and Raw Story, OpenAI achieved a noteworthy legal victory. A federal judge dismissed the case, which focused on using protected information to train AI models, but the legal battle between content creators and AI businesses is far from done. In the era of artificial intelligence, […]
Due to economic challenges and changing technology landscapes, IT organizations of all kinds will continue to lay off employees in 2024. The computer industry has seen substantial shifts, as evidenced by the more than 130,000 job layoffs that have been recorded across 457 organizations this year alone. Prominent digital companies like Tesla, Amazon, Google, TikTok, […]
