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A dermatologist with 300k followers is now building a startup where the clinic is 99% AI and 1% doctor. Full story on yespress.io/usama-syed?utm_source=b…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 1h

Victor Luo sat through 800 agency interviews at TikTok. Then he built the recruiter that never ghosts you. Full story on yespress.io/victor-luo?utm_source=b…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 3h

Warren Wang landed in America on Christmas Day 2016. Nine years later he's building the operating system for everything that doesn't fit in a box. Full story on yespress.io/warren-wang?utm_source=…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 5h

Winston Chi sold his first startup to GrubMarket. Now he is building AI for the person who fixes your furnace. Full story on yespress.io/winston-chi?utm_source=…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 7h

She swapped machines for microbes mid-PhD. Now Will Cao's AI screens 1,000x more enzymes than the old way. Full story on yespress.io/will-cao?utm_source=blu…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 9h

He wrote 1,000 cold emails by hand. Then he built an AI to never do it again. Meet Xiaohan Shen, CEO of Coldreach. Full story on yespress.io/xiaohan-shen?utm_source…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 11h

He built ML for Bosch and BMW. Now he rents out robots by the month. Full story on yespress.io/zakariea-sharfeddine?ut…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 13h

Autonomous trucks can drive themselves. They still can't plug themselves in. Zinny Weli is fixing the second half. Full story on yespress.io/zinny-weli?utm_source=b…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 15h

Yih Lin Teh went from econometrics to running an AI startup that makes factories breathe cheaper. Full story on yespress.io/yih-teh?utm_source=blue…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 17h

He couldn't make a home-renovation marketplace work. So he tore it down and built the software the contractors actually needed. Full story on yespress.io/ythalo-silva?utm_source…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 19h

A1Zap wants to be the social network where you build the app, not just scroll it. Full story on yespress.io/a1zap-by-a1base-yc-w25?…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 21h

Aerogen Systems is destroying chip contamination right where it happens - inside the tool, not the whole cleanroom. Full story on yespress.io/aerogen-systems-yc-s26?…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 23h

Okta was built for humans. Agentic Fabriq (YC W26) is building the same identity layer for AI agents. Full story on yespress.io/agentic-fabriq-yc-w26?u…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

AICE (YC P26) is building swarms of autonomous underwater drones to guard naval assets and undersea cables. Full story on yespress.io/aice-yc-p26?utm_source=…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ambral (YC S25) is giving every SMB account the treatment usually reserved for the whales. Full story on yespress.io/ambral-yc-s25?utm_sourc…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Apollo Atomics took a reactor that powers 80% of the world's nuclear plants and shrank it 40x - by flipping one part. Full story on yespress.io/apollo-atomics-yc-p26?u…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

AppX lets any creator ship their own app and start selling courses in about 10 minutes - no code required. Full story on yespress.io/appx-yc-s21?utm_source=…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Apten (YC S24) builds AI agents that text AND call your leads - one memory across every channel. Full story on yespress.io/apten-yc-s24?utm_source…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Astor is an SEC-registered AI investment advisor for retail investors - it connects to your brokerage and actually talks back. Full story on yespress.io/astor-yc-s25?utm_source…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Attack Capital builds an AI company in 30 days - then helps you invest in the next YC breakout. Full story on yespress.io/attack-capital?utm_sour…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Attune wants to kill the slowest part of your day: waiting for builds. Type 'hurry cargo build' and go up to 20x faster. No migration. (YC X25) Full story on yespress.io/attune-yc-x25?utm_sourc…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Insurance claims weren't just slow. Avallon AI thinks they were systematically broken - and it's building agents to fix them. Full story on yespress.io/avallon-ai-yc-x25?utm_s…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Axross (YC W22) teaches old HVAC systems new tricks - up to 30% less energy, no hardware rip-out required. Full story on yespress.io/axross-yc-w22?utm_sourc…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

BaseFrame (YC W26): two Berkeley roommates building AI you can actually trust with your data. Full story on yespress.io/baseframe-yc-w26?utm_so…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A dining-table-sized package that unfolds into a football field of solar in orbit. That's the bet Beyond Reach Labs (YC W26) is making. Full story on yespress.io/beyond-reach-labs-yc-w2…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

BitBoard lets your AI agent build the dashboard, then keeps the work so you never rebuild it from scratch. Full story on yespress.io/bitboard-yc-p25?utm_sou…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Blaxel is building the 'AWS for AI agents' - microVMs that resume in 25ms and cost $0 while idle. Full story on yespress.io/blaxel-yc-x25?utm_sourc…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Blueshoe wants to be the law firm that never sleeps - AI-native counsel for people who can't afford $600/hour. Full story on yespress.io/blueshoe-yc-x25?utm_sou…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Every founder needs a Chief of Staff. BOND thinks every founder can finally afford one - meet Donna. Full story on yespress.io/bond-yc-x25?utm_source=…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Burt (YC W26) is building AI teammates for freight - agents that read emails, make check calls, log into portals, and update your TMS. Full story on yespress.io/burt-yc-w26?utm_source=…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Cactus runs real AI models on your phone - no cloud, no API bill, no data leaving the device. Full story on yespress.io/cactus-yc-s25?utm_sourc…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Callbook AI joined YC S26 with a bet: the boring problem of chasing overdue invoices in Latin America is a global one. Full story on yespress.io/callbook-ai-yc-s26?utm_…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Candle: one shared moment a day. The YC app that got 300K couples to talk about the stuff they usually dodge. Full story on yespress.io/candle-yc-f24?utm_sourc…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Insider threats cost enterprises $17.4M a year. Candor (YC W25) tells your security team exactly who to watch - before the leak. Full story on yespress.io/candor-yc-w25?utm_sourc…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Medicare agencies lose half their members every year. careCycle (YC W25) built a voice AI team to answer the phone at 2am. Full story on yespress.io/carecycle-yc-w25?utm_so…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Cashboard wants to build the 'solo CFO': a semantic layer that turns AI into a trusted FP&A machine. Full story on yespress.io/cashboard-backed-by-yc?…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Chari turned Morocco's corner shops into fintech customers - and just won the country's first VC-backed payment license. Full story on yespress.io/chari-super-app-and-baa…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A 21-year-old who sold his first company at 19 is now building the AI accountant for Latin America. Meet Cifrato (YC W25). Full story on yespress.io/cifrato-yc-w25?utm_sour…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Clarum turns weeks of private-equity due diligence into minutes - upload the data room, get sourced answers to hundreds of questions. Full story on yespress.io/clarum-yc-w24?utm_sourc…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Clupp only charges you for the kilometers you actually drive - and rewards you for driving well. Full story on yespress.io/clupp-yc-w22?utm_source…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Coba wants to run US-Mexico business like the border isn't there. Full story on yespress.io/coba-yc-s23?utm_source=…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Coldreach (YC W23): teach an AI what your buyer looks like, and it watches 113M companies so you don't have to. Full story on yespress.io/coldreach-yc-w23?utm_so…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Contrario paid recruiters $1M+ and hit $6M annualized revenue in under six months. Then it launched. Full story on yespress.io/contrario?utm_source=bl…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Two Goldman Sachs engineers got tired of 3am pages. So they built an AI that takes the shift. Meet Corelayer (YC W26). Full story on yespress.io/corelayer-yc-w26?utm_so…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Cozmo AI wants to hire out AI employees that answer the call, restructure the payment, and approve the claim. Full story on yespress.io/cozmo-ai-yc-w22?utm_sou…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Creizer underwrites online sellers on their daily sales - not their credit score. Repayment moves with revenue, not a fixed calendar. Full story on yespress.io/creizer-yc-w22?utm_sour…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

CueBench (YC S26) is building the training grounds where frontier AI models learn to stop failing. Full story on yespress.io/cuebench-yc-s26?utm_sou…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

DAIVIN! wants to delete the scuba tank. Its wearable vest makes oxygen from seawater using electrolysis - no tank, just battery. Full story on yespress.io/daivin-yc-w26?utm_sourc…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Darkgrade wants your camera to understand the world - two lines of TypeScript to control a Canon, Sony, or Nikon. Full story on yespress.io/darkgrade-yc-f24?utm_so…

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YesPress @yespress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Definite (YC S26) is building the data layer that finance AI agents can actually trust. Full story on yespress.io/definite-yc-s26?utm_sou…

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