Jared Friedman

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12:00

2026-08-18

kdnuggets.com

generative-ai

5 Things Vibe Coding Gets Right and 5 Things It Gets Wrong

A quarter of Y Combinator's W25 batch had codebases that were 95% AI-generated, according to managing partner Jared Friedman, as reported by TechCrunch, highlighting the rise of vibe coding in startup…

23:50

2026-07-24

runtimewire.com

ai-safety

Obaid hacks YC's Paxel founder rankings, gets Startup School invite

Independent developer Obaid (@wtfobaid) reverse-engineered Y Combinator's proprietary scoring tool Paxel and discovered a critical flaw that allowed anyone to forge applicant scores in YC's ranking da…

00:42

2026-05-23

dev.to

startups

OpenAI's $2M-tokens-for-equity YC deal, decoded

On May 20, 2026, OpenAI announced it would provide $2 million worth of API tokens to each startup in Y Combinator's Spring 2026 batch—totaling roughly $338 million in inference credits—in exchange for…

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ai tools 2 developer tools 2 generative ai 1 ai products 1 ai safety 1 ai policy 1