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Y Combinator Launches of the Week

  • Writer: Karan Bhatia
    Karan Bhatia
  • 3 minutes ago
  • 1 min read

(This round-up is for informational purposes only, and in order of the date/time of the launch, from earliest to latest.)


1) Nitrode: Founded by Ben Kim, Sejoon Chang, and Brian La, Nitrode is a research company focused on improving game development with AI. Know More At: nitrode.com


2) Verdant: Founded by Aidan Ng and Jason Yi, Verdant is an AI-native land-use permit management platform for local government. Know More At: verdantapp.com


3) Stillwind: Founded by Linus Meierhöfer, Lukas Ego, Hannes Furmans, and Josef Zoller, Stillwind makes finding an electronic part as easy as writing a text message. Know More At: stillwind.ai


4) Piris Labs: Founded by Ali Khalatpour and Keyvan Moghadam, Piris Labs builds photonic-based networking solutions to enable fast, scalable, and low-cost AI workload execution infrastructure. Know More At: pirislabs.io


5) Inkbox: Founded by Ray Liao, Dima Vremenko, and Alex Wilcox, Inkbox gives your AI agents email, phone, iMessage, and an internet address. Know More At: inkbox.ai


6) CambioML: Founded by Rachel Hu, CambioML (Energent.ai) turns every knowledge worker into a top performer by pairing them with an AI teammate. They have launched Energent.ai: Audit — The Fact-Checker for Every AI-Generated Result. Know More At: energent.ai

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