The most interesting AI startups from YC Demo Day

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This morning, we bring a list of the coolest AI startups from the latest Y Combiantor cohort; how big Twitter accounts have gotten their blue checks back; and several mega-rounds. To top it off, check out the Before You Go section for some excellent commentary on AI friendships. — [Alex](113/d5b44W04/VWhw8x61DL7XW2hmGFD5Q4ZfpW7FnbcL5cv5m5N8fXWzY3lYMRW69sMD-6lZ3kxW6vY4xP1BcQ2qW17fNqh4HvckRN1jkZG9HZxsdN13PQbg4N99xW6wk4611l6VgtV9bqJ-8P-MLvN74XNMT2PWVDW8BSCg_63s1QmW23L5lb1_NYmpW1tClB61DYDN2W7SfSrZ6WvbDsW7nGf4t2zK2x5W13dMwL7YRqZBW3nr6_L5p1FqSW8fh_pg2G6tG3W8Dz0Dz3gGp_bW81YQ7M289XCnW4MfBSF1HWn2-W58QSzd3SVCf3W37Bx1V56HTQlf5WpYYn04) TechCrunch Top 3 113/d5b44W04/VWhw8x61DL7XW2hmGFD5Q4ZfpW7FnbcL5cv5m5N8fXWC63hCZPW8wLKSR6lZ3mRVpG1R04QC6wKW26Jn3c4mdCmGVY1Bv14TDWw0F4X_7WdDY5cVRC4m-1p5_DPF6499MDlQPMW3WX4xW35W8HHV2JpbM5q0t-fN3R2WxB3dF9BW5DDL3H6Ngl7zV2cC-21bJzrhW4CG3844lryGXW2_TWlg6C8QSRW4j2FVT7FkGy5W2t8CLm2Xy024W8tfW7w8gdhSQVs74qZ303FZ5W3W248T5SpJpRW5KnsBm8BYCClW60p_lw4Yk9GKN44G5-VQzJZbTwc1n73mvMHW3s3gL_7fXvFPW4Vq01q5Jyv82W6PVwRW7GfRf_W6H7_Mg8R0H3xW8YpJCM5JFKCsW7MdHtS2qMP3rf2Kl72804 Image Credits: Precip 1. AI startups that stood out at YC W24: Apart from our [list of favorite startups](113/d5b44W04/VWhw8x61DL7XW2hmGFD5Q4ZfpW7FnbcL5cv5m5N8fXWCq3hCZPW95jsWP6lZ3mKW4cD44s2Mk6WFW6FLH267kMxz8N7qftcxL94ChW4CwgB979FzjLW39b_f298dGX5W3M3N-n5S9d3BW1LHC7C4H59SSW1z26BB4tD6TFW2Tb7Br2N1F2yW2C5bz73bxtTqW2r825M6tNkBNVzK0l25CpX3CV-YMKt4J87C2VXh8ZL8JwrZKW51QvPN4jsqysW4zDpCx4_vjQfW82Qt6x6H3V0ZW6LJWNt7p-whqW6VRP399m2fM0V4w_KK4ypLfcW4vWwCQ3DtF4RW3hWVtc3btkZCW7bGMXf6lxPDzW4KKZQ_7Djy4jW3vYW326FRqw5W5Ls7Sj6_n7SZW20z-Wy4pCxldMKPfn4jP3KMW684FC_56KkLDW7Z2Cz17NF6Vtf8f8fz804) from the first day of presentations from Y Combinator’s latest cohort, Kyle Wiggers sifted through 86 companies to pick out some of the more interesting AI startups... [Read More](113/d5b44W04/VWhw8x61DL7XW2hmGFD5Q4ZfpW7FnbcL5cv5m5N8fXWC63hCZPW8wLKSR6lZ3lwVh8s7v343yqMW64j5B628s6n_W6fnxhd3-ZzQPW7p8xqd8vbSRcW67kwXg3_qw0qN4kZYPfRJW4GW46PG5s4TC0q8W2d1wBZ7NfCbdVCmrcr8-4CxNW3H8QYq2ZNKd1W8dkdxc8drsxqW6VmGJC5-hg3BW50FjmF1nT8rvW8NDfNc4gGG6XW4MTZsp4MGbt7N1K84yjFRbTPVTKRK29kqgbLW1_hlFH4M0_ykW2F561w8tG9MQW7GLWxD4MhsRLN8qY6P6P2R1TM-_hk_jwH1hW5Hg3wc2ry1nKW8wQXS94rp_DXW2RsnRL7DH-sGW2nYqhq3K8c4nW1kKv6d2BCP1vW1nZnRT6V7TD1f1n9M4j04) 2. Venture capitalists are struggling to raise capital: U.S.-based venture capitalists raised just $9.3 billion in the first quarter of 2024, dramatically less than in prior years. TechCrunch’s Marina Temkin notes that startups should keep an eye upstream if they’re hoping the IPO window inching open will drive venture investment... [Read More](113/d5b44W04/VWhw8x61DL7XW2hmGFD5Q4ZfpW7FnbcL5cv5m5N8fXWBx3hCZPW7lCdLW6lZ3l3W9fwFlY97mh1PVr4lcD5CX_x6W2LlH2f8mHH3KW19bPkQ5bVqTYW5cKwDB26fbjQW6cYFLT8HVdcxW2bjnD95bbRTlW38Z1Sg8Zfz-CW3wkyT03fQsYvW2rs1Xx5xw3xPW6x-l4T7YkDKVW3rC97T2YWTvhW3wQCHw99bD3pW82DN4v4j7KT1W1Gv3K-2cvrDWW5G6rrW5yMSxtW91Y7RM7nrRmXW5xphBK37gWv0Vmxgxh2Zj54cW7b0J5k4msgj6VKM0XS43L2NDW1bS07M7_SfFkW3JhWHS2qwpWjN8NlWzj9LSXkf6LHJXK04) 3. X gives popular accounts blue checks in blast from the past: X is handing out its venerable, if controversial, blue check marks to accounts that have 2,500 followers and pay to use the social media service. Accounts with more than 5,000 “verified subscriber followers” get even more free stuff. Some of the folks who got the upgrades are trying to alert their followers that they did not pay for them. Talk about signaling risk! [Read More](113/d5b44W04/VWhw8x61DL7XW2hmGFD5Q4ZfpW7FnbcL5cv5m5N8fXWBR3hCZPW7Y8-PT6lZ3mrW7x7HJd3S_8sQW1KKR1Y1_VvZ6W44XsXp7fdf6fW9m2FbF7KTCqJW2dGB1J23xYRYW8Z6Q5Z945FCKW1jhjVr4jqbsPW6v51Xq2pVmKpN5qCtH7Vv6KyW5vvFTM6W221cW6Sx9NZ5TTrCBW1HNmQq8RNHvGW2F9z8W1X7dY1W3bcMC64PpTKpW7wbMbf63yPSdW1Slln0696HnFW7BrFgQ168Z6YW1x2NLk2mRn6ZW1x_j5d4K2b1MW1d_Qkr6B68vlW4CZFk_7K3kRHW7DWQ9r4YMv3_W7JsxsF6pBflDN3Dk8n0MCQ7JW57dGm62YzxXJW7s5KFH2qGZzdf1zMRTx04)   Morning Must Reads 113/d5b44W04/VWhw8x61DL7XW2hmGFD5Q4ZfpW7FnbcL5cv5m5N8fXWzl5g8s-W50kH_H6lZ3lrW4RltGq9c6V7XW3hjLxx5sktvBW1hpTMR7FcF3TW4Bxw1M1_3L-jVdSDSx47cQBnW8XkcW_4HK_slW6x7r9S1T05p4W1N0MbN8M3GP6W7sQpbS2bP7-KW8ST7NX29hMpcW8v78X87ZbLj8W1NT11h5_twb6W5_NzPb3fDkGZW5BZZ9t2YG2XhW6y32vV4zLmLCW2phHl18dmDLmW2bhp3s21lrkYN2mD_fC_Y4b3W2Kt5SH3tJGd4W4lzQzC7pMR6wW1lyVfd6282W1W76PTZ758VDLxN6DkpNtBz0jmW7p98kY3J7hJKW1mjhbM4hhhLdW8lcZQN7XmNWXW68L-Tw38bMrRN5qGtC-MZ72nW2xfgTl4jWXS2N1v53qBXJLMCW15J25W60ZchBW2MYbH82mxrvff2F5xkF04 Image Credits: MONEY SHARMA / AFP / Getty Images Navi targets $2B valuation: Indian fintech Navi, put together by Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal, is hunting for a massive external funding round that could push its valuation to $2 billion. The company has been largely self-funded to date and was considering an IPO before that market cooled. Navi sells “personal and home loans as well as health insurance to customers,” Manish Singh reports... [Read More](113/d5b44W04/VWhw8x61DL7XW2hmGFD5Q4ZfpW7FnbcL5cv5m5N8fXWzl5g8s-W50kH_H6lZ3mFN4l43wPrc2VmW4d4ctm5hTzW9W7-rGLK7Lz-yBN4TpQwW5pBPvW3Dn-nB52FRYDW42h97-4fHsgmW1yMT2M3YSh46W8lhzd57rjsyYW4KnmNV7t7w-vW12xMCQ99vV-2W2Wfb7-2hHcvzW7D8Gr87rfh8dW693_CG37zwsWW5CMgcP3mx6K2W41h4D24ksZFXN22JSXVHcCN1W378Bcr3n1c37N8xkn4qYhbtkW5J9WX_7jCd-FVqmmMl9h3XqRVRSDPf7M6Hw4W7FnCFs1HkyWzW8Y55VD92vwf7W1_rsYg5j4sLFW9bhW2Y7t6L2CW6DJrCZ8b8hclW7zSlQJ8XbvtwW3WxRpm5JKQM2W5p02TS51gdtyW6c0m4l2qyCB2W37s7gV1DCPNRW8TM4WL31mpq1f4g09mv04) Aerospike snags $100M: Speaking of mega-rounds, NoSQL database startup Aerospike has closed a nine-figure Series E led by Sumeru Equity Partners. Back in 2022, the company expanded its product offerings to include graph and vector capabilities, which are “crucial for building real-time AI and ML applications,” Frederic Lardinois writes. Chalk the Aerospike round up to the AI boom, in other words... [Read More](113/d5b44W04/VWhw8x61DL7XW2hmGFD5Q4ZfpW7FnbcL5cv5m5N8fXWzl5g8s-W50kH_H6lZ3m6W3DK1b64JhTQ9N8BSVxnWj7JzW9b0ljF9g4QKrW2LsgHD8LpH6tVN7W9z2-2rRdN6D7yWPWJH-kW2MbCZ91qrt4sW4c8pld5wjgjYW8Sxbqm3hm60sW8G002V8k1c_cW3X2rbN4q8fY3W68pkd_4tfnHTW3GYmsh6Rm1VtW7qPKQJ6LL-qJW9cWTsx53v9ZDW2fNv1-5CD1xgW8q5z3C3X_xbwW88TXql4JhqPqW5Znvnm8DKBnlN6y248qPx6JMW6FVjrV6MSmjQW7XNVFq2rrbrfW1GBlTr3jHycMW7BSHKH1dZG4GW6KTqwR2VDKN2VbDVPb6LSsTZW6zyRKb3VB1bZW8RbD715nHYpFW1-dRqn1VkjQHW9fXDrb12fjJ2W3CMMmP6Tfz8wMztFx1d0RKqf19hR2d04) Pigment raises $145M: French startup Pigment has closed a massive funding round, too. Pigment is in the business planning market, which I won’t pretend to understand intimately, but its fundraising success is evidence that enterprise software remains a great business model in these days of AI hype and buzz... [Read More](113/d5b44W04/VWhw8x61DL7XW2hmGFD5Q4ZfpW7FnbcL5cv5m5N8fXWzl5g8s-W50kH_H6lZ3ntW8q6qD77-Jz31W4Pby997WQmgYW83_Fyn2JQxQ0W4xWlyH4wWt8LW4fyhL39fvrGlVwf6052NP_57W5HfKtV4bdDRyW8X21_r2nXrhJW8lvQf51l73qzW8TkdZh9hkCV_V7gV7c2yH8CpW4WrmF06w5SfZV1Kd-b1vS_SQW1RjsBZ2Tyh5mW1Dfmf33rdqdtW7P6-FT2hL7PXW6Nh8491bBHllW4jLlTg7XFLsGW2CP1g83-tKsFW8xnstZ9dGQdTW6L6j-R4Z9NhqW3h9D8y64JV-xW8JPlM14Sc8MbW4RR47y5t9Qs3W3MWT_x6SWHkKW4lBdwK1KzhqMN64M_NQWxCt0N7Fk-66T47crW7ZFq762k1jFrN2hP2sKTR92KW1RGHWM8jTVPCW1hPzWy65-Zv0f8ZFhNz04) Big tech companies want to curb AI-related job mayhem: Some jobs are going to get automated away by AI. It’s happening frequently enough already to be talked about in earnings calls. But Cisco, Google, Microsoft, IBM and other tech companies that make up the new AI-Enabled ICT Workforce Consortium are going to look into the matter. The good news is that the tech companies are all trying to find the guy who did this... [Read More](113/d5b44W04/VWhw8x61DL7XW2hmGFD5Q4ZfpW7FnbcL5cv5m5N8fXWCq3hCZPW95jsWP6lZ3pfW1s27x28HqJJ7MtSg0vYYDP-W2bmT315NQJc6W1WZBDM6nfGqCW3GdwgM6yMqhvW6fZ1Gh7_MNQKW6x2LPW8WVHwcN543MWr3hH0WW8fQl8_95rP5pW3LMl6690_280W7ZHZQH2vFTlwW8HVCWg2_6vKYW5mf6D78ZMJQFW6dFMng1NhxTGN2qL4Lrc4Vl4W8Z0CQN1T6RV8W8rHkmy3p2ypyW3yg_HY3-v2SfW8wdCM94ZmyKtN8S8JtldtKRNW5L3SV11j4T29W6vs5Z98TvXccW6s6FCP624J66W17wK8f2S2Vm9W3t4Jw64dhSXgW8BNC-K5JP3fzVtfwmJ4fgm5TVt-5Mp72FtHYW4xd-wz9m1wf-W2w2H3444wFKtf4Py8m604) AI, India and elections: As a major election approaches in India, the country is grappling with AI and how it is used and abused by political entities. X is doing its part by [rolling out its community note feature to India,](113/d5b44W04/VWhw8x61DL7XW2hmGFD5Q4ZfpW7FnbcL5cv5m5N8fXWCq3hCZPW95jsWP6lZ3ntW5skd8-12lD1kW5dHlMN6XXz2FW2JV-rD4n8y0pW96Wpmt4hBsCPN1mDk0LDjTfYN7SSHSYsGZw6W7zT7d55zyLGJW4Ppgdr1_qTYHW8yhzTG51XmfdW3LdbMg64ZVDDW4K2k_l1Jl9K8W1xP75w8msDKSW2CXSfZ13ZxCTW3_pxFr5rpp08VWd3ys42mTWXVJkCMG17gJbcVYjKNh5csfGTW4Nm40c7FRybMW78n6tm6JJDC3W1tX2Cs7Cgx_hW1M1qQQ70JRStW8tf5Y-7QBRDkW1qdRqZ1r9T58W51L-w73sWhJVW83b1YX6d0P7tW4jXyPp4gQ2_QW218DNG2XJ2hGW5qV4s42Kvq1CW6hfXbQ52ZPVBW6cC1d04Ymcbrf2hQ3mv04) which expands the global footprint of users who can post notes... [Read More](113/d5b44W04/VWhw8x61DL7XW2hmGFD5Q4ZfpW7FnbcL5cv5m5N8fXWBx3hCZPW7lCdLW6lZ3nBN1mJFzVk0J2mW7G5-3h9f2yhNW8bmB6Q8DzyDnW22PxTF6W2HVxW3DCRC92mVTHvW3vKq_w2HfPfkW2WbvSz8hqs05W3B_Bbj2zndD4W7FLkcc6wkF9NW17cHwY90p1bMVbhbvR7YB7SDV2dFv04vTYbbW4nJxsH181WWVW5ztQZP5hkYXwW8pMg1s5H2sYsVJTFwK6jttw8W4tF8_X32xf5RW2s3mXw5pncgvW8FJQQP3GcLlrVv6THk7dCS_3W6PhGpp2cDlMQW6NKXSD6MgqsvW2jbmY46SY8VvN6gn7vJvNlpNf7VFgC804) More troubles in Car Land: Fisker is hardly alone in finding it hard to make money from making and selling cars. Ghost, which worked on software for self-driving cars, is shutting down after nearly raising a quarter billion dollars, and [Faraday Future has avoided getting evicted](113/d5b44W04/VWhw8x61DL7XW2hmGFD5Q4ZfpW7FnbcL5cv5m5N8fXWCq3hCZPW95jsWP6lZ3ldW2JjSxw5v4my1W2wG1SJ4DHXn6W1zJnVr1_8_PYW1D1C3r889xwFW44YzK98Gvjl7W6CYBZ14nXbHdVM_1-13QNByyW3K1ZQg4T3WpMW2YKSr31FbSQXW4WcpNc1dJ-SJW98WRfZ7xzP29W2CV5Rs3_jyyBW5MsztY6Q6N_7VWL9Fq3sGkKXW8hKV942d8Ht5W9jlJy84d9mn_VThpjv5vnPlGW6T7x_m2MHWNkW38c6G15BSZ8zW3CYfTs1qqQ4TW1zMR_M659zmTW53qPrC2B17cLW1gy7-82knK30W2-9VNx517ZmDV4X63c8dMpT5W5hBW303glLPrVCHf3N6zHkWrW61qSJ_5BT3pLVyt_cY4zN72JW81ls5R2qm70Bf7c2bH004) from its HQ after coming to new terms with its landlord amid cash flow issues... 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The FT reports that some AI-powered search features from Google could go behind a paywall in the future. On one hand, the Internet being less funded by ads is probably for the best. On the other, it appears AI tech will remain expensive enough to require such paywalls... [Read More](113/d5b44W04/VWhw8x61DL7XW2hmGFD5Q4ZfpW7FnbcL5cv5m5N8fXWzY3hCZPW69sMD-6lZ3mBW6Dv7kn1n8CX8W5Yv14m5VkXmwVGcDsV5LWMblN2-0Kt1Y6KlrW7jbtVJ1lb18nW79R4L71ZyQy7W2GqjhV4WhGbfW6_GHQM4tNXl3W8WXdQ_65zpTgVGr1Mc2DdXjvW4DcSWx2gPMf0W7d4Qkg8vWZNgVsCxQ56sYyH3W8J_MnM14PGCqW6kfJnx3TppJFVrT4Tl6w6r_TW5PtYvX32vtLGW18trk-3B58DzW6fKRBB8zPVbkW1KPtR892Jf80f3THv6-04) The AI talent race is expensive, Bloomberg reports in a piece detailing how Tesla is boosting its pay for AI engineers as OpenAI looks to snatch talent from the car maker. Unlike the self-driving engineer boom of years past, this time around, there are far greater revenue opportunities in the near term at stake... 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Very often, telling people that you are a journalist is a great way to ruin a conversation. “We’re off the record, right?” they will ask, and look around for someone else to speak with. It’s fine; it happens. C’est la vie. But what if you told your new AI buddies the truth? Well, TechCrunch’s Amanda Silberling did just that and found out... 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