YC Digest - 8/7-8/13

by Y Combinator8/14/2015

Top Stories from the YC World – August 7-August 13, 2015

YC News
A Conversation With Y Combinator’s President Sam Altman

Startup School Radio: Campus Job’s Co-Founders On Leaving Google And McKinsey For Startup Life

Essays
Presumption of Stupidity by Aaron Harris

Projects and Companies by Sam Altman

YC S15 Launches
Auro Robotics Is Testing A Driverless Shuttle System On College Campuses

bitcodin Encodes Videos 100X Faster, At Netflix-Grade Streaming Quality

Branch8 Lets Merchants Sell Via Multiple E-Commerce Sites With Fewer Headaches

Convox Makes It Easier For Companies To Use AWS

L. Condoms Provides Safe Sex, On-Demand

Markhor Takes The Middleman Out Of Designer Shoemaking

MicroHealth Helps Manage Treatment For Patients With Chronic Illnesses

Nebia, a Shower Head Start-Up, Receives Funding From Timothy Cook of Apple

Ohm Is Making A Lighter, Longer-Lasting, And Better-Performing Car Battery

OnboardIQ Helps Companies Screen And Hire Their Workforces

Plate IQ Helps Restaurants Bring Their Finances Into The Digital Age

PlateJoy shifts direction to now provide you with food that’ll keep you to your diet

Prayas AnalyticsPowers A/B Testing For Brick And Mortar Stores

Scentbird Is A Subscription Sampling Of Luxury Fragrances For Women & Men

Second Measure Lets Investors Know How Private And Public Companies Are Really Doing

SourceDNA launches Searchlight, a developer tool to find coding problems in any app

Sywork Is The Twitch For Illustrators And Artists

Tesorio wants to help small businesses and freelancers get paid faster

VOIQ Provides Companies With Call Center Services On-Demand

Xfers: These entrepreneurs will leave Bay Area, return to Singapore to simplify C2C payments

YC Alum Updates
Video Syndication Platform AllScreen (YC W10) Has Been Acquired By Zealot Networks

Fundraising
Automate Ads (YC W15) Raises $1M To Put Your Digital Ad Campaigns On Autopilot

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