Y Combinator
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Y Combinator is a startup accelerator whose portfolio companies (such as Waldium) are building AI-native products, and whose president Garry Tan has publicly celebrated high AI-assisted code output rates.
A startup called Astor plugs into your brokerage account and texts you AI-driven financial advice for $15 a month
Astor, a $5M-funded Y Combinator startup built on Anthropic models, plugs into retail investors' brokerage accounts to deliver personalized portfolio guidance via text and voice for $15/month—finally making AI-powered financial advisory affordable for individuals priced out of traditional advisors.
Another customer of troubled startup Delve suffered a big security incident
Delve's security certification of Context AI proves worthless after Context's breach exposes vulnerabilities in Vercel's systems, escalating doubts about the reliability of third-party security certifications in the AI industry.
Launch HN: Kampala (YC W26) – Reverse-Engineer Apps into APIs
YC-backed Kampala automates reverse-engineering applications into APIs, targeting legacy system modernization and third-party integrations with Windows support coming soon.
Slash, a Ramp competitor founded by teenagers, raises $100M at $1.4B valuation
Slash Financial, founded by teenagers, hits $1.4B valuation while already profitable at $300M ARR — competing directly with Ramp without sacrificing unit economics.
Launch HN: Twill.ai (YC S25) – Delegate to cloud agents, get back PRs
YC startup Twill.ai automates full-cycle software development—from natural language descriptions through code generation, testing, debugging, and pull request creation—with minimal human intervention.