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Michael Seibel steps down as YC's managing director, says he did not feel disappointed when he was not tapped as CEO but would have accepted the job if offered (Steven Levy/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-y-combinator-michael-s…

Source: Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan early this year talked with OpenAI directors about joining the board, but it is unclear if the board is still considering Tan (Natasha Mascarenhas/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/y-

Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan Discussed OpenAI Board Role
Y Combinator CEOGarry Tan, a longtime venture capitalist, early this year talked with directors of OpenAI about joining the board that governs the artificial intelligence startup valued at more than $80 billion, according to a person who has spoken to board members. The talks were preliminary, ...

Lifehack: if you want to know about the Y combinator, look up "fixed point combinator". The results for "Y combinator" have been spammed to death by some SEO arsehole.

"Safaí, a mayoral candidate, said Proposition E 'is one of the most racist measures we have seen,' and will 'unwind a decade of positive work we’ve done to do police reform, accountability and oversight.'"
Gotta say I'm again impressed with Ahsha Safaí. If we're voting for mayor today, he's at the top of my ballot.

Proposition E foes demonstrate outside Y Combinator HQ
“They profit off of surveillance but don’t want to be surveilled,” said ex-police commissioner Angela Chan, regarding Proposition E backers.

Interviews with Garry Tan, Paul Graham, YC partners, and others about Tan reshaping YC in a "return to roots", as some founders complain about politicization (Alex Konrad/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/20

Inside Y Combinator’s ‘Boom Loop’: The Startup Factory Goes Brasher, Leaner And Meaner
Former venture capitalist Garry Tan has slashed programs and turned up the mics in a bid to restore the famed accelerator behind Airbnb and Stripe to its full glory.

Some investors say YC's winter 2024 batch was stronger than previous years, noting consumer AI as a key trend; YC says ~50% of this batch is working with AI (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2024/04/05/y-combinator-demo-day-accelerator-…

YC’s newest batch of prospects looks strong, investors say
YC held its twice-a-year Demo Day this week, and it’s a batch that’s receiving positive reviews—and reflects persistent AI hype.

“Prop. E is an extension of the policies that were created that criminalized Black and brown communities by over-policing us, over-charging us and pushing us deeper into the cycles of incarceration” #sanfrancisco #ycombinator

Prop. E foes demonstrate outside Y Combinator HQ
“They profit off of surveillance but don’t want to be surveilled,” said Angela Chan, former police commissioner at a press conference.

Source: Y Combinator is inviting some alumni entrepreneurs to invest a minimum of $250,000, which will be split among the three funds it is currently raising (Kia Kokalitcheva/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2024/04/06/ycombinator-funds-alumi-investing

Scoop: Y Combinator invites alums to invest in new funds
The strategy is a somewhat bold move in the current fundraising environment.

About Y Combinator's software team (which is currently hiring)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39432015

Sources: YC plans to raise at least $2B across three new funds that include exposure to its next four startup batches and follow-on investments as they grow (Alex Konrad/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2024/03/22/…

Y Combinator Is Raising Billions In New Funding
Storied startup accelerator Y Combinator is targeting at least $2 billion, sources told Forbes, in its first major fundraising effort under Garry Tan.

Reflecting on Reddit's history: Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian pitching a food app, wanting to use snoo.com, and seeing traffic explode after Reddit launched (Paul Graham/Y Combinator)
https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/the-reddits

The Reddits | Y Combinator
"I met the Reddits before we even started Y Combinator. In fact they were one of the reasons we started it," writes PG.