One startup that stood out during Y Combinator's recent Demo Day presentations was Infobot, an "AI generated news network."
Why it matters: Much ink has been spilled (including by this publication!) about the impact of artificial intelligence on the production of news content.
Or put another way: which jobs in the news business AI will eventually take.
This week's historic start of Google's trial on federal antitrust charges will test the tech giant's two-decade-long dominance of the internet search field as never before.
Why it matters: Google's standing as the online world's most-used answer oracle is being challenged in court at the exact moment that the company also faces a technological earthquake in the form of ChatGPT and generative AI.
Among the 229 in Y Combinator's latest batch of startups, 138 of them describe themselves as working in artificial intelligence, machine learning or some related category.
Why it matters: AI is the hottest technology right now, but the current boom has become equal parts innovation and marketing.
Venture capitalists complaining about Y Combinator startup valuations being too high is a time-honored tradition. Now they're blaming it on a change the accelerator introduced in early 2022.
Why it matters: Y Combinator remains one of the most successful and powerful startup organizations and backers in the world.
