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Delve accused of misleading customers with 'fake compliance': An anonymous Substack post accuses compliance startup Delve of "falsely" convincing "hundreds of customers they were compliant" with privacy and security regulations. Read More

16 of the most interesting startups from YC W26 Demo Day: From redirecting doomscrolling to training humanoid robots, these 16 startups stood out as the most interesting ones from an overflowing YC cohort. Read More

Harvey confirms $11B valuation: Sequoia triples down: Investors like Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins, and Elad Gil can't get enough of AI legal tech startup Harvey. Read More

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Must-Reads

Cursor admits its new coding model was built on top of Moonshot AI's Kimi: Building on top of a Chinese model feels particularly fraught right now. Read More

Why hiring the weirdos works: When you're building at breakneck speed, hiring a trusted team is crucial for an early-stage startup. Bland CEO and co-founder Isaiah Granet has tactical advice on how the company managed to find hidden talent in unlikely places. Read More

Silicon Valley's two biggest dramas have intersected: LiteLLM and Delve: LiteLLM offers an AI open source project used by millions that was infected by credential harvesting malware. Read More

Bengaluru food delivery startup Swish raises $38M, its third round in 18 months: Swish has more than doubled its valuation in a year as its full-stack, hyperlocal model positions ultra-fast food delivery as a high-frequency habit. Read More

Insight Partners scrubs investment post about Delve amid 'fake compliance' allegations: After a whistleblower alleged that the startup fabricated audit evidence, its prominent Series A investor removed an article detailing why it led the deal. Read More

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Last but Not Least

Vibe-coding startup Lovable is on the hunt for acquisitions: Lovable's founder said the fast-growing vibe-coding startup is looking for startups and teams to join its company. Read More