This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Raymond Zhao, 23, the cofounder and CEO of Structured AI, which is in Y Combinator's Fall 2025 Batch. His internship, funding, and acceptance to ...

OpenAI’s USD 2 million AI token offer to Y Combinator startups highlights how AI firms are using compute credits and equity ...

Sam Altman announced OpenAI will invest $2 million in AI tokens in each startup from the latest Y Combinator batch in exchange for equity. This move aims to reduce startups' AI infrastructure costs ...

Since the release of ChatGPT in November 2022, Silicon Valley has been consumed by the rush to build billion-dollar AI startups. Nowhere is that more true than at Y Combinator, the blue-chip startup ...

Every great startup ecosystem has its Cinderella stories, whether in web3 or AI. In Web3, Sandeep Nailwal, co-founder of Polygon, often recalls how he and his team built one of the world’s most ...