This Week at YC: Announcing YC’s next President and CEO

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🏠 Welcome Home, Garry Tan
Today we're excited to announce that Garry Tan will be YC's next president and CEO. He is a visionary and builder — having founded the earliest blogging platform and advised hundreds of startups over the last decade.

💵 Selling To Startups—Good Idea or Big Mistake?
YC Group Partners Harj Taggar, Michael Seibel and Brad Flora discuss the pros and cons of startups selling software to other startups. Is there a better approach out there?

👩🏽‍💻 Job Hunt Bootcamp - September 14 @ 10am PDT
We're running our monthly bootcamp to help job seekers with their job search. We'll work closely with a small group of active job seekers to cover resume prep, storytelling and more.

🌎 The YC Community

Highlights from our founders

🚀 The Launchpad

Invision Medical
Los Angeles, California
AI diagnosis of heart disease

 
Chainsight
Singapore
API for Web3 background checks
Chowdeck
Lagos, Nigeria
Easiest and fastest way to deliver food anywhere in Africa

 
Dev Tools
San Francisco, California
Co-Pilot for Selenium
Roforco
San Francisco, California
The game studio without hit risk

 
Serinus Biosciences
New York, New York
Effective therapies for treatment-resistant cancer
Trendex
Paris, France
Invest in people’s performance like you invest in stocks

 
ReleviumBio
Galway, Ireland
Platform peptide gel based biotherapeutic for osteoarthritis
Solstar
Monterey, California
The easiest way to send crypto in a community - Venmo for Discord
Stream
New York, New York
Automating commercial insurance claims adjudication
Guardian Bio
Boston, Massachusetts
Control immunity with dendritic cells

 
SideGuide
Boston, Masssachusetts
Let developers test-drive your API with an online editor
Clinikally
Gurugram, India
One-stop telemedicine platform & online pharmacy for dermatology care

 
Raven
Bengaluru, India
API to manage notifications across SMS, email, push, Slack, WA & more
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💼 Jobs at YC Startups

Ivy
Run any ML code, with any ML framework, on any hardware
HiringML Research Engineers
Remote • $50k - $70k • 0.50% - 1.50%
Charge Robotics
Robots that build solar farms
Hiring: Mechanical Engineers
Oakland, CA • 3+ years exp
PropelAuth
Team-based authentication for B2B SaaS
HiringFounding Backend Engineer
Remote • $140k - $160k • 0.50% - 2.00%
Keeper Tax
Tax software for gig workers
Hiring: Software Engineer (Platform)
San Francisco, CA • $140k - $185k • 0.15% - 0.35%

📈 Funding News

The latest raises and rounds from YC companies
Mahaana Wealth (YC W22)
$2.1M Pre-seed • Islamabad, Pakistan
YCombinator-backed Mahaana Wealth announces $2.1mn pre-seed raise to digitise wealth management in Pakistan

 
Zywa (YC W22)
$3M Seed • Dubai, United Arab Emirates
YC-backed Zywa, a neobank for Gen Z, raises $3M to expand across MENA
ModernLoop (YC W21)
$9M Series A • San Mateo, California
ModernLoop aims to automate the process of scheduling job candidate interviews

 
Bite Ninja (YC S21)
$11.3M Bridge • Memphis, Tennessee
Bite Ninja raises $11M for remote staffing system
Fair Square Medicare (YC W20)
$15M Series A • San Francisco, California
Fair Square Medicare Just Raised Its Series A to Help Guide Seniors Through The U.S. Healthcare Maze

 
Massdriver (YC W22)
$4M Seed • Los Angeles, California
Massdriver wants to abstract away infrastructure to let devs focus on coding
Complete (YC W22)
$4M Seed • San Francisco, California
Complete helps startups think through the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of employee pay

 
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