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fromTechCrunch
1 week ago

These YC founders pivoted 5 times before building a social app that nabbed 300K users and over $1M ARR in 6 months | TechCrunch

A couple of months ago, the founders behind YC-backed social app Candle were in "pivot hell," cycling through more than a dozen ideas after joining Y Combinator's Fall 2024 batch, while the clock on their seed money ticked down. Alex Ruber, previously an engineer at Apple, and Parth Chopra, formerly an engineer at Asana and Twitter, had built multiple projects together including Encore, a conversational AI shopping tool that got them into YC and with which they raised $2 million.
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fromBusiness Insider
2 weeks ago

I left Bain to launch a startup solving a problem I faced every day. Consulting skills helped, but here's what I had to pick up on my own.

Founder created Bluente, pivoted to AI document translation preserving original file formatting, using consulting product experience while learning sales and startup execution.
fromEntrepreneur
1 month ago

AI Startup Aurelian Raises $14 Million For 911 Call Centers | Entrepreneur

A new AI startup pivoted from automating appointment bookings for hair salons to building an AI voice assistant that handles non-emergency calls for 911 call centers - and it just raised a $14 million Series A for its new focus on Wednesday. Max Keenan, the founder of Y Combinator-backed startup Aurelian, decided to pivot the company in response to a call from one of his clients, reports TechCrunch. The client, a hair salon owner, had a problem with a school's carpool lane blocking the salon's parking lot.
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fromFortune
1 month ago

SoulCycle cofounder sells Peoplehood to WeightWatchers

Peoplehood, originally a relationship platform, has pivoted to support groups for GLP-1 users and is being acquired by WeightWatchers.
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