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AI Voice Startup Vapi Hits $500M Valuation After Winning Amazon Ring Over 40 Rivals

TechCrunch·May 12, 2026·5 min read

The voice AI platform beat out 40 competitors to land Amazon's smart doorbell division as a customer, signaling that enterprise voice AI is entering a hypergrowth phase.

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May 15, 2026

Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab Wants AI to 'Keep Humans in the Loop'

Wired·7 min read

The former OpenAI CTO's new startup is betting that the next wave of AI won't be about replacing humans — but about building systems where human judgment is the product.

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May 16, 2026

The Haves and Have Nots of the AI Gold Rush

TechCrunch·8 min read

As frontier model companies raise billions, the gap between AI's winners and everyone else is widening into a chasm. What it means for the startup ecosystem.

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May 17, 2026

Show HN: Semble — Code Search for Agents That Uses 98% Fewer Tokens Than Grep

HN Community·6 min read

A new code search tool purpose-built for AI agents achieves dramatic token efficiency, addressing one of the hidden bottlenecks in AI-assisted development.

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May 17, 2026

For Eclipse, the $2.5B Cerebras Win Is Just the Start

TechCrunch·7 min read

The venture firm behind one of 2026's biggest chip deals sees a future where AI hardware startups compete directly with NVIDIA — and they're betting big on it.

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May 12, 2026

Amazon Launches 30-Minute Delivery Across the US

TechCrunch·5 min read
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2026-05-08

Google broke reCAPTCHA for de-googled Android users

anonymousiam·5 min read
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2026-04-10

We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git

ellieh·5 min read
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2026-05-18

We let AIs run radio stations

lukaspetersson·4 min read
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2026-05-18

Garry Tan, the CEO of YC, accused me of unethical reporting

gok·6 min read
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2026-05-04

Sierra Raises $950M at $15B Valuation

doppp·4 min read
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2026-05-12

Show HN: Agentic interface for mainframes and COBOL

sai18·5 min read
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2026-05-12

A HN post with negative points – how?

donohoe·5 min read
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2026-04-30

Iran war disrupts the circuit board supply chain, raises costs for tech firms

croes·6 min read
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2026-05-18

Russia is starting to lose ground in Ukraine

giuliomagnifico·5 min read
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2026-05-04

AI startup JuliaHub raises $65M to rival Simulink

ViralBShah·5 min read
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2026-05-06

Anthropic raises Claude Code usage limits, credits new deal with SpaceX

koolba·6 min read
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2026-03-27

Namespace: We've raised $23M to build the compute layer for code

pestkranker·6 min read
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2026-05-02

Apple raises Mac Mini starting price $599 to $799, 256GB storage discontinued

pak·6 min read
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2026-05-13

AI startup upgrades Euro air traffic systems and raises $5.5M

timreidmedia·5 min read
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2026-05-17

U.K. Economy Accelerates to Outpace U.S. as War Headwinds Loom

mmarian·5 min read
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2026-05-01

Trump tears up part of EU tariff deal to raise import duties on cars and lorries

exceptione·8 min read
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2026-05-13

Anduril raises $5B in Series H

protortyp·4 min read
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2026-05-13

Show HN: Headless Cloud Security – Headless SaaS has come to security

dariobalinzo·6 min read
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2026-04-30

JuliaHub Raises $65M Series B

postflopclarity·4 min read
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2026-05-14

SpaceX sets date for first Starship version 3 launch – SpaceNews

rbanffy·6 min read
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2026-05-18

The Filipino virtual assistants running LinkedIn engagement networks

carte_blanche·5 min read
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2026-05-19

Data centers raise nearby temperatures by up to 4 degrees in Phoenix

limitedfrom·6 min read
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2026-05-14

Cerebras prices IPO at $185 per share to raise $5.55B

laixintao·5 min read
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2026-05-06

CopilotKit raises $27M to build the Agentic FrontEnd Stack

swiftlyTyped·5 min read
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2026-04-30

OpenObserve Raises $10M Series A

safeie·4 min read
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2026-04-23

Series A for Exe.dev – $35M in Funding

psankar·5 min read
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2026-03-30

Starcloud raises $170M Series A to build data centers in space

neom·6 min read
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2026-05-18

The Aussie gov just screwed startup founders. my musings

ghuntley·5 min read
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2026-05-14

UK CMA investigates Microsoft's business software ecosystem

logickkk1·5 min read
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2026-05-13

Show HN: Mainline – a project tool with no backlog, story points or surveillance

natyoung·6 min read
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2026-05-13

Berget AI announces Berget Code for European teams powered by Kimi K2.6

marols·6 min read
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2026-05-12

Mozilla: The Greatest Tech Company Left Behind

droppedasbaby·5 min read
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2026-05-07

Two OpenClaw Agents Negotiate a YC SAFE with Agentic Power of Attorney

juanfiguera·6 min read
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2026-05-18

The Time Bomb Went Off: AI's All-You-Can-Eat Era Just Ended in Real Time

cnr·6 min read
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2026-05-17

Energy return in running shoes explained (2025)

jstrieb·5 min read
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2026-05-15

Trump poised to drop IRS suit, launch $1.7B 'weaponization' fund for allies

justin66·6 min read
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2026-05-14

WhatsApp launches private 'incognito' conversations with its AI chatbot

Brajeshwar·5 min read
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2026-05-13

Blue Origin may need external funding to hit ambitious launch targets

strongpigeon·6 min read
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2026-05-11

Submit your next post: feature-rich YCHackerNews FORK! Unlimited Replies+ Rating

openrockets·5 min read
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2026-05-18

Show HN: Dataset for AI training and fine tuning

Adam_SDDk·5 min read
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2026-05-15

How to Raise Multilingual Children

yekbun123·4 min read
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2026-05-15

Startup Raises $1.3B for an A.I. 'Grid'

bookofjoe·5 min read
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2026-05-12

Anthropic in Talks to Raise Funding at a $950B Valuation

y1n0·5 min read
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2026-05-10

Lego raises age limit to 100 for David Attenborough's birthday

Brajeshwar·5 min read
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2026-05-17

Show HN: Forecasting my backyard weather with a 22M time-series model

chrisdevs·6 min read
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2026-03-13

Scanner Raises Series A Led by Sequoia Capital

eatonphil·5 min read
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2026-05-14

Escuelita Maker – a free 28-day online program to help people launch projects

robinkirk·6 min read
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2026-05-13

SpaceX targets May 19 for debut of Starship Version 3, Launch Pad 2

bookmtn·6 min read
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2026-05-13

I gave a keynote called "Consent Is Dead."

mooreds·5 min read
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2026-05-13

SpaceX and Google Are in Talks to Launch Data Centers in Orbit

fortran77·6 min read
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2026-05-18

New arsenal jersey with Deel (YC) on the sleeves

aaqaishtyaq·5 min read
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2026-05-11

Show HN: YC Interview Simulator (Voice of Garry Tan)

abdik·5 min read
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2026-05-07

Show HN: Agent-data – a CLI for giving agents real-time, structured data

jb_hn·6 min read
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2026-05-18

Running AI agents without losing my keys

pkhodiyar·5 min read
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2026-05-18

RAG vs. Fine-Tuning – The Question Every AI Builder Gets Wrong

UtkarshPatel13·6 min read
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2026-05-13

Why Some People Are Allergic to 'Peanut Butter Raises'

paulpauper·5 min read
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2026-05-08

Forgejo "carrot disclosure" raises security questions

chmaynard·4 min read
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2026-05-04

Ex-DeepMind David Silver Raises $1.1B for AI Startup Ineffable

gmays·5 min read
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2026-05-01

New study finds task switching raises risk in transplant surgeries

hhs·5 min read
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2026-05-01

Y Combinator alum Skio sells for $105M cash, only raised $8M, founder says

Brajeshwar·6 min read
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2026-05-01

German energy tech startup becomes Europe's latest unicorn following €50M raise

doener·6 min read
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2026-04-30

Sources: Anthropic could raise a new $50B round at a valuation of $900B

yakkomajuri·6 min read
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2026-05-11

Munitions startup, Heaviside, out of stealth – $28M Series A

dth2m5·5 min read
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2026-04-24

Seed-strapping: Skipping Seed to raise at Series A

ageospatial·5 min read
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2026-03-31

Conductor raises $22M Series A

Charlieholtz·4 min read
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2026-03-08

A blog post series about big integer arithmetic

Tommyrexx·5 min read
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2026-05-18

Meta layoffs stress harsh AI reality inside Zuckerberg's company

drob518·5 min read
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2026-05-18

Show HN: I made a macOS app to help me use Japanese websites

bobertdowney·6 min read
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2026-05-18

Zenk Space raises $26M, targets June debut launch – SpaceNews

rbanffy·5 min read
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2026-05-16

Keepithub – Physical-world geo-referenced memory for AI agents (B2A marketplace)

keepithub·5 min read
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2026-05-15

Big Tech groups launch global borrowing spree to fund AI expansion

1vuio0pswjnm7·6 min read
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2026-05-14

Show HN: Velda – Run jobs with serverless GPUs, without container images

eagleonhill·6 min read
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2026-05-14

AI Alliance Launches Project Tapestry to Build Sovereign AI with Yann LeCun

AI_Alliance·6 min read
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2026-05-13

What a launch on product-hunt, without paying anyone gets you

fazkan·5 min read
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2026-05-13

Anthropic tests Jupiter-v1-p ahead of its developer conference

gmays·5 min read
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2026-05-13

CME Group and Silicon Data Partner to Launch First Compute Futures

thomasjb·6 min read
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2026-05-13

A Brazilian Space Launch System for the Small Satellite Market

rbanffy·5 min read
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2026-05-13

Why we're launching the CNN Weather app

Tomte·5 min read
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2026-05-18

ExploreYC – Search, filter, and analyze every YC company ever funded

victoriapetrova·6 min read
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2026-05-11

Notes on YC P26, halfway through the batch

18nleung·5 min read
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2026-05-08

AI-Native Hedge Funds Are Possible and Profitable Just Not the Next Unicorn

nlpnerd·6 min read
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2026-05-18

Running PyTorch Models on Apple Silicon GPUs with the ExecuTorch MLX Delegate

0bytematt·6 min read
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2026-05-18

Finding Your Voice: A Guide to Technical Communication

ColinEberhardt·5 min read
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2026-05-18

Cargo-crap: Finding untested complexity in AI-generated Rust code

koburan·5 min read
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2026-05-18

Someone Vibe-Coded Adobe Lightroom CC into Running on Linux

mikece·5 min read
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2026-05-14

Digital arson spree by 'AI Bonnie and Clyde' raises fears over autonomous tech

uxhacker·6 min read
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2026-05-13

Cerebras to raise IPO price range to $150-$160 as demand surges

nsoonhui·6 min read
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2026-05-08

Could Lovable's automatic 10% pay raise be the cure for toxic cultures?

doener·6 min read
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2026-05-08

Show HN: Loxai.tech and Neutboom – Gen AI's frontier of individuality

audreyfei·6 min read
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2026-05-02

Apple Raises Mac Mini's Starting Price to $799 After AI Frenzy Drains Supply

helsinkiandrew·6 min read
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2026-04-30

Dex Raised $5.3M to Hire Your AI Engineers Without the LinkedIn Parade

SaaSasaurus·6 min read
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2026-03-12

Axiom Raises $200M Series A at a $1.6B Valuation

doppp·5 min read
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2026-03-10

Italian IPTV Pirates Pay €1k in Damages to Football League Serie A

Imustaskforhelp·6 min read
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2026-03-06

Show HN: Rental Property Deal Analyzer – 20 metrics, deal scoring, AI analysis

bkapu·6 min read
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2026-05-17

Show HN: Graph-Based Firebase Alternative with Real-Time Sync

WolfOliver·5 min read
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2026-05-17

How a blind taste competition launched the American wine industry

Anon84·5 min read
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2026-05-17

Magic 1.0 – A highly modular email theme

celaro·5 min read
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2026-05-15

Bumble Is Removing the Swipe Feature, Will Use AI in New Launch

mgh2·6 min read
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2026-05-14

Show HN: I realized job search is basically an email problem so I built JobBox

archleaf·6 min read
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2026-05-13

I Launched the Answer to TanStack Supply Chain Attack, Same Day It Happened

tlseternal·6 min read
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2026-05-13

Show HN: I made a tool that writes your launch pack from a URL

R1ck404·6 min read
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2026-05-13

Google reportedly in talks with SpaceX to launch its orbital data centers

ritzaco·6 min read
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2026-05-12

Net May 19 Starship • Flight 12

bookmtn·5 min read
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2026-05-14

Show HN: Jira Desktop Unofficial – lightweight Jira wrapper built with Tauri

cas8398·6 min read
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2026-05-07

Show HN: I Built Paul Graham's Math/Logic CAPTCHA Idea for Social Media

nowflux·6 min read
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2026-05-18

PagePulse – AI UX review for your landing page

assafshe·5 min read
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2026-05-18

Fixing LLM Writing with Distribution Fine Tuning

7777777phil·5 min read
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2026-05-18

The Coasean singularity: Why AI is ending the org chart as we know it

galaxyLogic·6 min read
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2026-05-18

Semantic IDs for finding vulnerable code at scale

shrikar·5 min read
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2026-05-17

Running Local Language Model on Game Boy Color

AbuAssar·5 min read
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2026-05-13

Chips Startup Fractile Raises $220M to Speed Up AI Queries

gchadwick·5 min read
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2026-05-09

Cambridge University Raises Money to Help the Homeless in Cambridge

SamCoding·5 min read
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2026-05-06

Vori (YC W20) raises $22M for Series B

clintonb·5 min read
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2026-05-05

OpenAI Raises $4B for 'The Deployment Company' to Help Businesses Leverage AI

0xsn3k·6 min read
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2026-05-04

Cayman reinsurance growth raises oversight concerns

petethomas·4 min read
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2026-05-12

Euler function in the context of q-series and partitions

ibobev·5 min read
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2026-04-09

Show HN: AI Brief – daily AI news clustered by topic (aibrief.fyi)

vkr2020·6 min read
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2026-03-24

Show HN: Using Claude Code history to predict your next messages while you sleep

yaoke259·6 min read
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2026-03-23

Scaleup Playbook: The Inside Track to Series A

simonebrunozzi·5 min read
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2026-03-19

Croatian and Greek-Founded Edra Exists Stealth with Sequoia-Led Series A

taubek·5 min read
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2026-03-18

Intel enables Precompiled Shader Delivery in new driver

davikr·5 min read
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2026-03-05

How the bar for Series A in Europe has shifted

igor_ryabenkiy·5 min read
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