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This Week at YC

September 22nd, 2024

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Reinventing AI Image Generation

Suhail Doshi has created a state-of-the-art (SOTA) AI image diffusion model with Playground. The app allows you to talk to it like a graphic designer and helps you create imagery and text for a wide variety of use cases. This is the real story of how Suhail and his team got to SOTA.

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Zero Interest Rate Policy (ZIRP) was a phenomenon that had a profound impact on tech throughout the pandemic. Dalton and Michael discuss how to determine if your company is recovering or if it might be time to leave and start your own startup.

🌎 YC Community

Highlights/news from YC and YC companies
Luminate’s hair-saving chemo helmet nears release
TechCrunch
XB-1 has successfully flown its 4th flight at the Mojave Air & Space Port
Boom
Astranis secures $13.2 million U.S. military contract for satellite upgrades
SpaceNews
Pylon lands $17M investment to build a full service B2B customer service platform
TechCrunch

🚀 The Launchpad

Some of the most recent launches from YC companies 
Mineflow predicts the shape and location of mineral deposits.
S2024
Better testing without writing tests.
S2024
Better understand your customer with AI-moderated voice and video interviews.
S2024
Simple AI is what Siri should be. We make it 10x easier for you to use your favorite consumer apps.
S2024
Your HOA probably sucks. We can help.
S2024
Automate security and privacy with AI that understands your software.
S2024
Ship better on-device AI/ML faster.
S2024
Everything you need to manage your healthcare workforce.
S2024
Hot-swap models, minimize cold starts, keep models up-to-date, and secure access controls.
S2024
Save hundreds of hours every month automating manual billing tasks.
S2024
We make onboarding onto a bank/fintech as a business 100x faster and significantly cheaper.
S2024
Find more YC companies and discover new products

🔥 Hacker News

Top posts from this week
  1. How to succeed in MrBeast production (Leaked PDF) (simonwillison.net)
    2104 points by babelfish | 1347 comments

  2. Apple mobile processors are now made in America by TSMC (timculpan.substack.com)
    1609 points by colinprince | 827 comments

  3. Sanding UI (blog.jim-nielsen.com)
    856 points by roosgit | 271 comments

  4. Is Tor still safe to use? (blog.torproject.org)
    797 points by Sami_Lehtinen | 552 comments

  5. Forget ChatGPT: why researchers now run small AIs on their laptops (www.nature.com)
    606 points by rbanffy | 322 comments

  6. Forbes Marketplace: The Parasite SEO Company Trying to Devour Its Host (larslofgren.com)
    583 points by greg_V | 292 comments

  7. Visualizing Weather Forecasts Through Landscape Imagery (github.com)
    573 points by lds133 | 55 comments

  8. Linux/4004: booting Linux on Intel 4004 for fun, art, and no profit (dmitry.gr)
    540 points by dmitrygr | 145 comments

  9. Ultra high-resolution image of The Night Watch (2022) (www.rijksmuseum.nl)
    534 points by lhoff | 135 comments

  10. Fixing an Elgato HD60 S HDMI capture device with the help of Ghidra (www.downtowndougbrown.com)
    509 points by miles | 96 comments

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