The best logos of Y Combinator’s W21 batch
Our picks for the most intriguing companies of Y Combinator’s latest batch were based entirely on substance and our endless expertise, so it’s time for something much more superficial. Here are the 11 best logos from the hundreds of compa.....»»
New Studies Show Covid-19 Vaccines" Effectiveness Against Variants
CNN recently reported on "a batch" of new studies published Wednesday — with one quantifying how much immunity improves after the second dose, and others showing how well coronavirus vaccines work against new variants of the virus: The first n.....»»
14 great sci-fi books to read before they become TV shows
From The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy to Paper Girls, we've put together a preview of the next batch of science fiction TV series being adapted from books......»»
Text Blaze raises $3.3M for its speed-writing automation service
Text Blaze, which was a part of the recent Winter 2021 Y Combinator accelerator batch, announced that it has closed a $3.3 million seed round. The company’s investment was led by Two Sigma Ventures’s Villi Iltchev and Susa Ventures’.....»»
Egypt’s Flextock closes $3.25M in the largest pre-seed yet in MENA
Flextock, one of the 10 African startups from the recent Y Combinator winter batch, has bagged an impressive pre-seed round just two months after graduation. The five-month-old company, which helps consumers and businesses manage e-commerce and ful.....»»
SpaceX launches 60 more Starlink satellites, claims over 500,000 service pre-orders so far
SpaceX has launched 60 more of its Starlink internet broadband satellites — on ‘Star Wars Day,’ no less, and only five days after it launched the last batch. The company has now delivered 420 Starlink satellites since the beginning of M.....»»
FDA reportedly plans to authorize Pfizer’s COVID vaccine for teens 12-15 in days
Pfizer previously reported the vaccine was safe and effective in adolescents. Enlarge / Vials with COVID-19 Vaccine labels showing logos of pharmaceutical company Pfizer and German biotechnology company BioNTech. (credit: Getty | Photonews) T.....»»
Star Wars: The Bad Batch preview: Clones, chaos, and the rise of the Empire
The Star Wars saga continues in The Bad Batch, an animated series set in the aftermath of the deadly Order 66 and in the early days of the Galactic Empire......»»
Red Dead Online and Psychonauts headline May 2021’s Xbox Game Pass lineup
Microsoft announced the latest batch of Xbox Game Pass titles for May 2021. The list includes Red Dead Online, Psychonauts, and more......»»
How one founder made the most of Y Combinator in a pandemic year
This week, we welcome guest Hana Mohan to our podcast Found. Hana is the co-founder and CEO of MagicBell, a new startup she created with Josue Montano that just recently graduated from Y Combinator’s Winter 2021 cohort. MagicBell is a full-feat.....»»
Y Combinator-backed Uiflow wants to accelerate no-code enterprise app creation
TechCrunch recently caught up with recent Y Combinator graduate Uiflow, a startup that is building a no-code enterprise app creation service. If you are thinking wait, don’t a number of companies already do that?, the answer is yes. But what Q.....»»
Fortnite season 6, week 7 challenges and how to complete them
Fortnite's season 6, week 7 is underway, with a new batch of challenges! Here, we'll detail all the new quests and show you how to complete the hard ones......»»
ReleaseHub nabs $2.7M seed to give developers on-demand environments
Every developer relies on environments like testing, staging and production as they build software, but building them can be a time-consuming operation. ReleaseHub, an early stage startup that was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2020 cohort, wants to.....»»
SpaceX launches 60 more Starlink satellites
SpaceX has launched another batch of Starlink satellites, adding 60 more to the constellation on orbit. This is the 24th Starlink launch in total, and means SpaceX has now sent up over 1,500 Starlink spacecraft, with around 1,438 of those still in op.....»»
Mighty"s Plan To Reignite the Future of Desktop Computing
New submitter oblom writes about Mighty, a new approach to web browsing: In short, server-side web navigation, with client-side rendering. Per Y Combinator founder Paul Graham: "Usually when people talk about grand things like changing "the future of.....»»
Investors eat up Orbillion Bio’s plans for lab-grown Wagyu beef, elk and bison
Orbillion Bio’s plans to make high-end meats in a lab have investors lining up for a seat at the company’s cap table. Mere weeks after launching from Y Combinator’s famous accelerator program, the Silicon Valley-based potential purv.....»»
Investors eat up Orbillion Bio’s plans for lab-grown wagyu beef, elk and bison
Orbillion Bio’s plans to make high end meats in a lab have investors lining up for a seat at the company’s cap table. Mere weeks after launching from Y Combinator’s famous accelerator program, the Silicon Valley-based potential purv.....»»
Investors eat up Orbillion Bio’s plans for lab-grown wagyu beef, elk, and bison
Orbillion Bio’s plans to make high end meats in a lab have investors lining up for a seat at the company’s cap table. Mere weeks after launching from Y Combinator’s famous accelerator program, the Silicon Valley-based potential purv.....»»
Russia launches new batch of UK telecom satellites into space
A Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Vostochny cosmodrome in Russia's Far East on Monday carrying 36 UK telecommunications and internet satellites, the Roscosmos space agency said......»»
Queenly raises $2.3M for its dress marketplace
One of our favorite companies from the most recently Y Combinator batch has closed a seed round. This morning Queenly announced that it has closed a $2.262 million round, following its $800,000 pre-seed raise. TechCrunch covered the company in Februa.....»»
Chanel loses EU court battle over Huawei logo
The EU General Court ruled that the differences between the firms' logos "are significant"......»»