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When former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo spoke at TechCrunch Disrupt, somebody from the viewers requested him if HBO’s hit satire Silicon Valley can be revived. Costolo, who was a author for the present, basically answered no (at timestamp 38:17). Whereas the writers discuss that usually, he mentioned, they don’t pursue it as a result of right this moment’s precise Silicon Valley is so weird, it may…

Y Combinator-alum Rulebase is betting that the subsequent wave of automation in monetary providers received’t be about flashy AI interfaces, however the unglamorous back-office duties like compliance. The startup, based by Gideon Ebose and Chidi Williams, two Nigerian engineers who met in London, simply raised a $2.1 million pre-seed spherical led by Bowery Capital, with participation from Y…

By the point Harry Qi was 23 years outdated, he had achieved the type of monetary success that most individuals won’t ever attain: making about $1 million a yr. He was working as “a quant” in his first job out of faculty. That’s hedge-fund communicate for a stock-trading analyst at a statistical-model pushed “quant” fund. However, like many individuals who spend their energies pursuing ever more…

Dozens of startups have stepped up in India in recent quarters to improve banking experience for millions of users and businesses in the country. As a result, tens of thousands of people who could not get a loan or a credit card from a bank can now secure both from fintech startups.

But this push to bring financial inclusion to everyone still has many areas to cover. Blue-collar workers,…

Y Combinator-backed VIDA turns artwork into fashion, accessories and more

VIDA, an e-commerce startup that allows artists to upload their designs to be printed on real-world materials – like fabric, leather, metal and more – which are then sold as unique products, has grown its community of artists to over 100,000 members since its launch a few years ago. The company is now participating in startup accelerator Y Combinator, following its recent collaborations with big…

Vest is a Y Combinator-backed startup that wants to protect you from losing all your money in the stock market

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A new generation of millennial investors is coming of age with money to save. But one problem for Wall Street is that many of these millennials still have scarring memories of the financial crisis that make them wary of investing.

“They don’t trust the stock market,” Goldman Sachs determined in a survey, which highlighted that a mere 18% of millennials thought the stock market was “the…

Y Combinator-backed StyleBee launches its ‘beauty on demand’ app

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The on-demand economy thrives on our lives being hectic. Many of us are running around from home…

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