Idealab founder and serial entrepreneur Bill Gross, whose company GoTo pioneered the pay-per-click search advertising that Google later made famous, is launching a crowdsourced startup platform called IdeaMarket Read more »
Sure, there the usual assortment of “X for Y” startups, but science and bitcoin companies abounded at startup accelerator Y Combinator’s Summer 2014 demo day. Read more »
Twice a year before YC Demo Day, graduates return in droves for the exclusive, secretive “Alumni Demo Night.” The event has evolved into a massive networking opportunity, where former founders strike… Read more »
A growing amount of Valley investors are eying nuclear startups. Is this a smart trend or the mistakes of the cleantech boom all over again? Read more »
Making fun of Silicon Valley and some of the silly startup ideas that get funded has become a popular sport, but as Y Combinator’s Sam Altman points out, great things often… Read more »
A few new indicators have popped up, showing that Google is going right after Microsoft’s jugular: enterprise email. The most clear cut indicator is new stats mined by Dan Frommer, showing… Read more »
Today Product Hunt announced it made it into YC, despite the fact that it competes with the beloved YC entity HackerNews. The two user-generated content sites have overlapping posts and audiences,… Read more »
The close of an FCC comment period revealed an important difference in how big and small tech companies are approaching the net neutrality debate. Read more »
As part of the deal to transfer the mantle of Y Combinator President, Paul Graham and his successor Sam Altman agreed that the position would be monitored by a nine-person Board… Read more »