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Silicon Valley’s Most Powerful ‘Mafia’ Gets a New Boss

The power of Y Combinator has always been its network. The legendary Silicon Valley startup accelerator is known for smelting mere ideas into some of the most successful companies in technology, including...

Get Used to Startups Trying to Reinvent Housing

In 2016, the WeWork cofounder Adam Neumann described home as “a feeling” rather than something you own. He was introducing WeLive, his company’s concept for rental apartments, where lease terms were flexible...

Raising Startup Funding Used to Be Easy—Not Anymore

In 2021, when Roshan Patel was raising his startup Walnut’s first round of funding, his email inbox overflowed with interest from investors. Venture capitalists loved his idea of applying the fast-rising concept...

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