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BoldVoice Accent Oracle - Speak and we'll guess your accent. Can you fool the oracle? | Product Hunt

Dec 17, 2024 | producthunt.com | Garry Tan

HomeProductBoldVoice Accent OracleSpeak and we'll guess your accent. Can you fool the oracle? Speak English as a second language? BoldVoice Accent Oracle can guess your accent in just 30 seconds! Try it now for free. And, if you want to improve your accent, download the BoldVoice app to get a detailed accent analysis and personalized training plan. Maker ShoutoutsWe couldn't have built this without...
AI Santa by Tavus - Video chat with Santa, anywhere anytime | Product Hunt

Dec 12, 2024 | producthunt.com | Garry Tan

HomeProductAI Santa by TavusVideo chat with Santa, anywhere anytimeMeet AI Santa, a magical holiday experience powered by Tavus. See and talk with Santa in real-time across 30 languages, discover your naughty or nice status, and push old St. Nick's buttons! Fork and deploy the demo in seconds to put your own spin on AI Santa. Maker ShoutoutsWe couldn't have built this without...
Correcting the record for Continue and PearAI

Oct 3, 2024 | ycombinator.com | Garry Tan
The Silicon Valley agitator now setting his sights on Washington on Apple Podcasts

May 31, 2024 | podcasts.apple.com | Steven Overly |Garry Tan

Garry Tan, the CEO of startup accelerator YCombinator, has made waves in San Francisco politics, helping to oust the city’s most liberal politicians in favor of more centrist Democrats. Now, the tech-entrepreneur-turned-political-changemaker is turning his attention to Washington. On today's Politico Tech, host Steven Overly talks with Tan about exactly what he wants out of Washington.
Congratulations to the 2024 YC Top Companies!

Apr 30, 2024 | ycombinator.com | Garry Tan |Y Combinator |Lindsay Selvitelle

We’re excited to announce the 2024 YC Top Companies list!This list features the YC alumni with the highest revenue in 2023 (sorted alphabetically, as revenue is confidential for most startups). Revenue is the clearest indicator of a startup’s success, and we’re excited to see so many different types of companies represented. Separately, we have updated our list of currently public YC companies, and YC companies with an exit of over $150M.
Congratulations to the 2024 YC Top Companies!

Apr 30, 2024 | flipboard.com | Garry Tan

8 hours agoIf you’re struggling to find a new job, you’re not alone. Alan Roberts, 59, estimates he’s sent out 1,000 résumés since he was laid off from his sales job in February. He thinks he’s heard back from less than 1% of them. “I just can’t believe how bad it has gotten out there,” he says, frustrated …
Backstory: How Tom Blomfield founded two billion-dollar companies

Jan 30, 2024 | ycombinator.com | Garry Tan |Y Combinator |Ryan Choi

There aren’t a ton of people in the world who can say they founded a billion dollar company. There are far fewer that can say they did it twice. YC Group Partner Tom Blomfield is one of them. Rarer yet is just how real Tom is about all of it. Listening to his stories from the early days of GoCardless and Monzo feels like riding a roller coaster — because that’s what building a company is.
The 10-Year “Overnight” Success Story of Casetext

Nov 15, 2023 | ycombinator.com | Greg Kumparak |Garry Tan |Y Combinator |Dalton Caldwell

by Greg Kumparak11/15/2023Casetext started out in 2013 as a crowdsourced law library — a sort of “Wikipedia meets reddit” for the law. Ten years later, Casetext is one of the biggest mega wins to date in AI, capable of turning weeks of arduous legal work into hours or minutes. Just months ago it was acquired for $650 million dollars. What happened between those two points?
‘Backstory’ introduces you to YC’s Group Partners, starting with the unbeatable Surbhi Sarna

Sep 29, 2023 | ycombinator.com | Garry Tan |Y Combinator |Ryan Choi

When Surbhi Sarna was just thirteen, a sudden and excruciating pain in her side changed her life. The pain led to weeks of testing and flimsy diagnoses that would ultimately boil down to “Ovarian cancer, maybe?”At this already pivotal time in her life, Surbhi and her family had to make an impossible decision: undergo a risky and potentially harmful surgery, or… wait and see. At thirteen! She chose the latter — a choice that, after many agonizing months, proved to be the right one.
Meet the YC Summer 2023 Batch

Sep 6, 2023 | ycombinator.com | Garry Tan