InStackademicbyJost Faganel·Mar 23Y Combinator Just Celebrated Building a Generation of Insecure Startups. Nobody Noticed.Y Combinator’s W26 Demo Day is this week. 196 companies. The batch is 60% AI, up from 40% just two years ago.
Pivot·Oct 28, 2025Pivot Wraps Its First Open Demo Day with 6 Startups Vying for a $100K Reward Pool and $1.5MPivot’s first Open Demo Day brought global founders, investors, and partners together on one stage — six high-potential startups, $100K in…
Pivot·Oct 8, 2025Pivot Launches the First Open Demo Day with a $100,000 Reward PoolFrom MVPs to scale-ups, builders across Web3 and AI can now take the stage. No cohorts, no barriers — just a global platform for…
Ash Rust·Oct 3, 2025Don’t be a Zombie on Demo DayYou’re not impressing anyone if you burn out before important events, like Demo Day. So you have to decide how much last minute progress…
Swift Ventures·Sep 10, 2025The Signals from Summer’s Y Combinator Demo DayIt’s always easy to have fun at Y Combinator’s Demo Day, and this Summer 2025 cohort was no exception. 150 founders pitched in a…A response icon1
