🤝 How Top Founders Navigate Cofounder Conflict

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March 23rd, 2025

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How Top Founders Navigate Cofounder Conflict

Co-founder disputes can be startup killers— but it doesn't have to be that way. Garry, Harj, Jared, and Diana share their experiences navigating co-founder conflict and their advice for how you can manage these challenges at your own startup.

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Gusto made payroll and HR painless for small businesses. Co-founder & CEO Josh Reeves shares how they built a $9.6 biillion payroll company from scratch, and their customer-first approach to product design and culture.

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Highlights/news from YC and YC companies
ReactWise is applying AI to speed up drug manufacturing
TechCrunch
Nunu.ai secures $6m to scale AI Agents for game QA
pocketgamer.biz
Mito Health raises $2.2M to build AI Preventive health doctor
Mito Health

🚀 The Launchpad

Some of the most recent launches from YC companies 
Our AI agents automate insurance verifications, claims filing, payment posting (including checks), denials, and follow-ups.
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Grading Ivy League Assignments with AI                      
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The application where first generation fusion reactors can thrive
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Developing multiple high‐value ($b) therapeutics per disease, combining new tools and deep expertise to deliver cures
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Trata uses AI agents to help hedge funds find their next 10-bagger
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Turn your browser into a smart interface that works alongside you.
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The all-in-one platform for sales teams to capture, manage, and automate their entire process.
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The open-core alternative to Wiz
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The AI engine powering post-sales success by generating personalized walkthroughs, documentation, and onboarding experiences that continuously evolve with your product.
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Wildcard enables AI Agents to find and use APIs with natural language.
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Guarding critical infrastructure against maritime threats
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Just like your current support team, but 5X better and 10X cheaper
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AI Insights to automate project tracking and Boost Eng Productivity
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We use AI to de-risk early development, creating ready-to-build renewable energy projects
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Find more YC companies and discover new products

🔥 Hacker News

Top posts from this week
  1. Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones (ericmigi.com)
    1660 points by griffinli | 1095 comments

  2. Two new PebbleOS watches (ericmigi.com)
    1638 points by griffinli | 522 comments

  3. GIMP 3.0 (testing.gimp.org)
    1301 points by wicket | 507 comments

  4. Claude can now search the web (www.anthropic.com)
    1199 points by meetpateltech | 709 comments

  5. Launching RDAP; sunsetting WHOIS (www.icann.org)
    882 points by radeeyate | 345 comments

  6. The Burnout Machine (unionize.fyi)
    791 points by flxfxp | 615 comments

  7. The Frontend Treadmill (polotek.net)
    731 points by Kerrick | 669 comments

  8. The Pain That Is GitHub Actions (www.feldera.com)
    690 points by qianli_cs | 556 comments

  9. OpenAI Audio Models (www.openai.fm)
    644 points by KuzeyAbi | 295 comments

  10. How fast the days are getting longer (2023) (joe-antognini.github.io)
    603 points by antognini | 203 comments

  11. Google to buy Wiz for $32B (www.reuters.com)
    602 points by uncertainrhymes | 831 comments
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