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Y’all, we need to talk about the #AI-bros and the fact that they don’t think other people are humans that have value as ya know, people. “We hosted a YC Startup School afterparty at the #LemonLime office to meet exceptional people, and find out which of them are just as crazy as we are,” wrote Zietz in a now-deleted #LinkedIn post. “That’s why we brought an actual tattoo artist to our party and offered an instant interview to anyone who got a LemonLime tattoo.” Yep, an AI company said it would interview real humans only if they got branded with the company logo. They’ve subsequently removed their posts…but the internet is forever. #yCombinator #startups #hubris #TheBallsOnThisFuckingDude https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/lemonlime-tattoo-interviews-22366260.php

Times of India | He almost failed computer science. Now Y Combinator and Z Fellows are backing this teen in Delhi AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. Samrath Singh Chadha, a 19‑year‑old mathematics (and philosophy) student from Delhi, turned a early failure in computer‑science into a self‑driven passion for programming, building a password manager at 14 and launching an internship platform, InternNova, at 13. After teaching himself C and Python, he joined online founder communities, partnered with a co‑founder in the Bay Area, and earned a spot in Y Combinator and Z Fellows, receiving $600 k in funding before writing any code in San Francisco. Although his initial YC product—a voice AI for landing pages—prompted rapid pivots, he eventually focused on creating a compact AI agent that maps and navigates codebases, achieving notable gains on the SWE‑bench benchmark. Chadha acknowledges AI‑driven job displacement but argues that those who learn to build with these tools will see rising demand, and he urges aspiring founders to apply to accelerators for the discipline of articulating their vision. Read more: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/times-techies/he-almost-failed-computer-science-now-y-combinator-and-z-fellows-are-backing-this-teen-in-delhi/articleshow/131114901.cms #SamrathChadha #YCombinator #Mantle #SWE_bench #AI #SamrathSinghChadha