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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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Andreessen Horowitz is investing billions into a bleak future↗ modelrepublic.org · HN · 428 comments · 758 points · Aug 24, 2026
Pledging another $400k to the Zig software foundation↗ mitchellh.com · HN · 295 comments · 810 points · Jun 22, 2026
OpenRouter raises $113M Series B↗ openrouter.ai · HN · 253 comments · 460 points · May 30, 2026
Delve removed from Y Combinator↗ ycombinator.com · HN · 314 comments · 510 points · Apr 04, 2026
Oxide raises $200M Series C↗ oxide.computer · HN · 335 comments · 614 points · Feb 10, 2026
20251,009 stories
A competitor crippled a $23.5M bootcamp by becoming a Reddit moderator↗ larslofgren.com · HN · 931 comments · 1305 points · Oct 08, 2025
Anthropic raises $13B Series F↗ anthropic.com · HN · 635 comments · 591 points · Sep 02, 2025
Our $100M Series B↗ oxide.computer · HN · 503 comments · 751 points · Jul 30, 2025
Tailscale has raised $160M↗ tailscale.com · HN · 332 comments · 659 points · Apr 08, 2025
Happy 20th birthday, Y Combinator↗ twitter.com · HN · 276 comments · 1421 points · Mar 11, 2025
20241,000 stories
Y Combinator Traded Prestige for Growth↗ unfashionable.blog · HN · 248 comments · 546 points · Sep 30, 2024
Ilya Sutskever's SSI Inc raises $1B↗ reuters.com · HN · 776 comments · 572 points · Sep 04, 2024
Founder Mode↗ paulgraham.com · HN · 735 comments · 1330 points · Sep 01, 2024
Silicon Valley's best kept secret: Founder liquidity↗ stefantheard.com · HN · 914 comments · 1811 points · Jun 12, 2024
Show HN: Startup funding simulator↗ fundingsimulator.com · HN · 161 comments · 654 points · Jan 24, 2024
20231,351 stories
Don't Take VC Funding – It Will Destroy Your Company↗ eidel.io · HN · 49 comments · 118 points · Jul 09, 2023
Kagi Raises $670K↗ blog.kagi.com · HN · 29 comments · 63 points · Jun 29, 2023
Pinecone raises $100M Series B↗ pinecone.io · HN · 28 comments · 50 points · Apr 27, 2023
SpaceX alums are branching out and shaping the startup economy↗ interactive.satellitetoday.com · HN · 26 comments · 60 points · Apr 01, 2023
Silicon Valley Bank unmasks the hypocrisy of libertarian tech bros↗ newstatesman.com · HN · 71 comments · 125 points · Mar 15, 2023
20221,532 stories
Deno raises $21M↗ deno.com · HN · 382 comments · 608 points · Jun 21, 2022
Y Combinator's Message to Founders↗ twitter.com · HN · 250 comments · 580 points · May 19, 2022
Tailscale raises $100M↗ tailscale.com · HN · 454 comments · 854 points · May 04, 2022
Framework Raises $18M Series A↗ frame.work · HN · 205 comments · 488 points · Feb 01, 2022
YC’s $500k Standard Deal↗ blog.ycombinator.com · HN · 349 comments · 752 points · Jan 10, 2022
20211,893 stories
Backblaze IPO↗ sec.gov · HN · 285 comments · 428 points · Nov 02, 2021
Tell HN: Amplitude (YC W12) just went public – AMA↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 147 comments · 408 points · Sep 29, 2021
Use Pixar's story formula to win over investors↗ startuppitch.substack.com · HN · 188 comments · 439 points · Aug 14, 2021
Element raises $30M to boost Matrix↗ matrix.org · HN · 339 comments · 809 points · Jul 27, 2021
Universities have formed a company that looks a lot like a patent troll↗ eff.org · HN · 232 comments · 815 points · Jun 15, 2021
20202,109 stories
Jetbrains founders turn billionaires without VC help↗ bloomberg.com · HN · 514 comments · 1245 points · Dec 18, 2020
If founders treated their investors the same way they treated their employees↗ software.rajivprab.com · HN · 266 comments · 679 points · Aug 18, 2020
Y Combinator Startup Library 2.0↗ ycombinator.com · HN · 65 comments · 635 points · Aug 06, 2020
Y Combinator has lost its soul: A YC founder's perspective↗ twitter.com · HN · 398 comments · 488 points · Jul 22, 2020
DigitalOcean raises $100M in debt as it scales toward revenue of $300M↗ techcrunch.com · HN · 282 comments · 477 points · Feb 20, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Andreessen Horowitz is investing billions into a bleak future↗ modelrepublic.org · HN · 428 comments · 758 points · Aug 24, 2026
Verda (Finland) raises $189M in Series B↗ verda.com · HN · 52 comments · 88 points · Sep 22, 2026
Y Combinator Early Access Network↗ events.ycombinator.com · HN · 68 comments · 82 points · Sep 08, 2026
Omacom Foundation launches with $8M↗ omarchy.org · HN · 196 comments · 197 points · Aug 21, 2026
DigitalOcean joins Omarchy as a Founding Corporate Patron with $3M↗ omarchy.org · HN · 7 comments · 27 points · Sep 09, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Verda (Finland) raises $189M in Series B↗ verda.com · HN · 52 comments · 88 points · Sep 22, 2026
Y Combinator Early Access Network↗ events.ycombinator.com · HN · 68 comments · 82 points · Sep 08, 2026
DigitalOcean joins Omarchy as a Founding Corporate Patron with $3M↗ omarchy.org · HN · 7 comments · 27 points · Sep 09, 2026
Cognition (Devin) raises $2B at $48B valuation↗ cognition.com · HN · 12 comments · 24 points · Sep 08, 2026
Ask HN: Founders that raised funding and shutdown, did you raise again?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 1 comments · 18 points · Sep 03, 2026
Ask HN: What is Y Combinator's position on Flock's standing today?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 21 comments · 16 points · Sep 13, 2026
Cancer Capital: It sucks for founders, too↗ anildash.com · HN · 0 comments · 11 points · Sep 11, 2026
Gimlet's Series B↗ gimletlabs.ai · HN · 3 comments · 10 points · Sep 04, 2026
Herdr Raised a $6M Seed↗ herdr.dev · HN · 0 comments · 7 points · Sep 08, 2026
Ask HN: Why is Founder Mode not working for Airbnb?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 9 comments · 6 points · Aug 31, 2026

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