Congrats to @nova_credit on their $35M Series D!
Nova is building the credit bureau of the future—helping nearly 100M Americans with limited or no credit history access financial products. They're powering decisions for major banks and 7,000+ businesses.
https://t.co/RqPFtYNKAN
Alai (@getalai) helps you create high-quality presentations faster.
Designed for iteration, quality, and speed, Alai turns rough ideas into decks you’re proud to present.
https://t.co/pTcHjdiApn https://t.co/fX5t8ggpLd
Congrats to @john__glasgow and @Meet_campfire on their $63M Series B!
Campfire is building the AI-native ERP for finance & accounting teams. They're reimagining how finance teams work, helping them close 5× faster and reclaim 144 days a year.
10× YTD growth. Customers migrated off SAP. Trusted by Replit, Decagon, PostHog, Heidi Health & Klarity.
https://t.co/9gx7Bnx8gd
Dedalus Labs (@dedaluslabs) is building the infrastructure layer for agentic AI—the simplest way to build and deploy complex agents across any model and any tool.
Congrats on the launch, @itsCathyDi & @WindsorNguyen!
https://t.co/vxjzXtA6tA https://t.co/djFsGAOWKx
Structured AI (@getstructuredai) is an AI workforce for pre-construction design engineering.
They save engineers 30% of their time by automating documentation and validating designs directly inside the software teams already use.
Congrats on the launch, @stingrayzz22, @Green181024 and @brandonstarxel!
Woz (@WithWoz1) has raised $6M to launch the first AI Product Factory.
AI prototyping is easy. Building apps that real businesses can trust? Not so much. Woz changes that. Start building your mobile app today: https://t.co/MurBc2oV2a
Congrats @BenjaminT007 & @ChefEckert on the seed and launch!
Fernstone is an AI-powered insurance brokerage for businesses.
Their platform handles the back and forth with carriers, autonomously files paperwork, and instantly responds to customer requests.
Congrats on the launch, @lukebbutton, @James_R_Chen, and @BryantLe18! https://t.co/iuDWVaTy8N
Hyperspell (@hyperspell) gives AI agents memory.
It connects to Slack, Gmail, Notion, and Drive, so agents get context and remember what they learn.
Congrats @conor_ai and @maebert on the launch!
https://t.co/WkfMWkUs5p https://t.co/BQj8QMpdkF
Canvas from @Spine_AI is an unlimited visual workspace for AI — where you can think, branch, and collaborate across hundreds of models.
Chat works for Q&A. Canvas is for thinking.
https://t.co/thZKTQWq0w
Congrats on the launch @BudhkarAkshay & @AshwinVRaman! https://t.co/vyaNLQE88D
Waydev AI (@waydevco) is the AI-native conversational platform for Engineering Intelligence.
Ask questions like “What’s our AI adoption rate?”, “How’s our cycle time trending?”, “Which teams drive the most impact?”
Instant insights, no dashboards.
https://t.co/b2YsuqATPI
After 1M+ downloads of their previous model, @nanonets is launching Nanonets-OCR2, a next-gen suite for image-to-markdown conversion & visual QA.
From LaTeX math & tables → mermaid charts, signatures → watermarks. It handles it all.
https://t.co/qK76htUkO6
.@Pulse__AI just launched Ultra Nano, their new enterprise-focused document extraction model with complete self-hosting, already running across Fortune 50s, insurers, investment firms, banks, and foundational model labs.
https://t.co/Yvoajxl8Gy
Congrats on the launch, @sid_mnk and @ritvikpandey21!
🐦@_claybird is an agent that plans, generates, and edits your AI video ad.
Marketers rely on slow, expensive agencies to produce ads. With Claybird, they go from idea to studio-quality ad in minutes.
https://t.co/PFE7rJVOPl
Congrats @_AbdullahNauman & @sadjamz_! https://t.co/5yANw2t8hj
Clicks (https://t.co/gxJWa7Xl6V) automates repetitive back-office work for recruiting & executive search firms, saving 60% on costs while reducing time-to-close.
Describe your process via video call or documentation, and they'll ensure it's automated exactly your way.
https://t.co/R6f6da7EYS
ComplyDo (@ComplyD0) automates how enterprises comply with hundreds of global regulations.
Already used by leading global players to replace months of manual work, reduce consulting hours, and accelerate market access. Without a fleet of consultants.
https://t.co/VpcLqrcbeT
Congrats on the launch, @SchuhmannLeo, Moritz, and Matthias!
Karri Saarinen (@karrisaarinen), co-founder and CEO of Linear, was the first designer at Coinbase and a lead designer at Airbnb.
On Design Review with YC's @aaron_epstein, he shares how his design background shaped Linear's product philosophy, why quality and craft matter from day one, what founders should look for when hiring, and how AI is changing the way teams build.
02:00 – Lessons learned from YC, Coinbase, and Airbnb
06:00 – Building trust through brand and design
08:24 – Linear’s brand: craft, quality, and authenticity
10:40 – Why sales is part of the brand experience
13:10 – Shipping fast without losing quality
17:18 – Hiring for product taste and judgment
19:28 – Superpowers of designers as founders
21:12 – Advice for designers considering founding a startup
23:26 – Why founders should care about design from day one
25:24 – Tips for creating products that stand out
28:24 – Balancing creative freedom with shipping timelines
28:56 – How AI is changing design and product work
30:44 – Why AI won’t replace designers (and what shifts to expect)
32:44 – The future of product and design teams with AI
Congrats to @furtheraicom on their $25M Series A!
By automating submission intake, policy comparison, claims processing, and compliance workflows, FurtherAI eliminates busywork so insurance professionals can focus on strategy and growth.
https://t.co/7UeMmkXBII
Amina from @AminoAnalytica is an AI agent for end-to-end protein engineering. Design novel therapeutics through conversation instead of wrestling with hundreds of fragmented tools.
Congrats on the launch @amino_abhi & @adaminoacid!
https://t.co/CSHjTvWgFL https://t.co/tm1izF2pnr
SlopeScore from @slopepay is the first cash flow score purpose-built for business lending, helping fintechs, banks, and lenders unlock more credit access for SMBs.
Congrats on the launch, @LawLM, @alicevdeng, and the Slope team!
https://t.co/KgUyMXR7k5 https://t.co/VhLZNLTtcJ
Cranston AI (@cranston_ai) does your company’s bookkeeping & taxes with AI.
Their agents pull in context from across the business and, after human review, file a full corporate tax return with the IRS.
https://t.co/Zg950m5cz8
Congrats on the launch @seanobannon_ & @MaxMinsker! https://t.co/MzCt7mxZq0
Your users want to chat with their data. Your engineers don't have 3 months to build it. @useCamelAI's embeddable API gives teams production-ready data chat in 5 minutes.
Congrats on the launch, @illiana_reed, @isabella_patane, and @Vercantez! https://t.co/9GTkPBjuP2
Jordan Fisher (@JordanFisherEzr) is the co-founder & CEO of Standard AI and now leads an AI alignment research team at Anthropic.
In his talk at AI Startup School, he frames the future of startups through questions rather than answers—asking how founders should navigate a world where AGI may be just a few years away.
0:00 – Why He's More Confused Than Ever
2:00 – Should You Even Start a Startup?
5:00 – Planning Beyond the Next Model
8:00 – Will Software Be Commoditized?
11:00 – Building AI-Native Teams
14:00 – Trust, Security, and Agents
18:00 – Auditing & Guardrails
21:00 – Alignment & Economic Pressure
24:00 – Data, Defensibility, and Hard Problems
28:00 – Neutrality and Control
32:00 – Changing the World vs. Just Making Money
36:00 – Build Something People Want (and Need)
39:00 – Audience Q&A
🪽@SafetyWing is launching health plans for US startups. Flat pricing, no deductible/co-pay, global coverage, including contractors.
https://t.co/q45wBvZ4a4 https://t.co/EVO82F1SvQ
Congrats to @useflai on their $4.5M seed round!
Flai helps automotive dealerships bring in more customers by handling all communication before they walk in the door — across calls, text, and email.
https://t.co/P5Yo4MZM64
Nexus (@nexus_gpt) helps non-technical teams build production-ready AI agents without code.
Orange's business team shipped an agent generating $4M+/month in just one week using Nexus.
https://t.co/AX1q8ijchT
Congrats on the launch, @achammah1 & @ShadyShoha! https://t.co/RupGQ6MNqj
In the early days, the only moat that startups have is speed. Once you make something people want, the question becomes what deeper moats can you build on to defend against the competition.
On the @LightconePod, @garrytan, @harjtaggar, @sdianahu, and @snowmaker dive into Hamilton Helmer’s Seven Powers framework to find out how these moats show up in practice today in AI startups.
00:00 - The Moat Problem
01:30 - The Seven Powers Framework
04:20 - When to Think About Moats
08:40 - Forward Deployed Engineering
10:18 - Process Power
14:34 - Cornered Resources
19:30 - Switching Costs
24:54 - Counter Positioning
31:24 - The Workforce Displacement Reality
34:00 - Brand & Speed as Moats
37:30 - Network Economies
41:00 - Scale Economies
43:44 - Final Advice