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Meta Wants to Become the Next Augmented-Reality Glasses Phenom
Meta wearers can interact with virtual games, architectural renderings and other 3-D objects by using their hands.
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Edtech Startups at Imagine K12 Now Get $100,000 Each
Imagine K12, the Palo Alto, Calif.-based startup accelerator that focuses on education technology, is adopting a precedent from Y Combinator (with which it shares some partners, advisers and backers) to give participating startups $80,000 in convertible debt (in addition to about $20,000 in investment) so they can better build and test their ideas. The program offers rolling admissions.StoryWorth Aims to Elicit and Record Family Stories
StoryWorth would create archives of personal stories told between generations.
Startups Aim to Bring Slices of the Offline World Online
None of these are going to save the world, but perhaps they’ll save a headache or two.
Get Free Airport Valet Parking — If You’re Willing to Rent Your Car With FlightCar
FlightCar launches today an airport-based car-sharing service at SFO.
Medical Crowdfunding Site Watsi Becomes Y Combinator’s First Nonprofit Startup
“I’ve never been so excited about anything we’ve funded,” says YC chief Paul Graham.
The Muse Career Site Raises $1.2M
The Muse, a site that tries to help people figure out what they want to do with their lives, has raised seed funding.
GoBank: It’s a Real Bank, and It’s Made by Real Internet People
Lots of startup types go about their lives in search of something they can fix. “Banking!” they think. “Banking sucks!”
The Secret Behind Pinterest’s Growth Was Marketing, Not Engineering, Says CEO Ben Silbermann
The way Pinterest grew had little to do with Silicon Valley wisdom.
Q&A: Randall Stross on the World of Y Combinator
Y Combinator leader Paul Graham calls Stross’s book “remarkably accurate.”
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