Hacker News with Generative AI: Startups

Launch HN: MindFort (YC X25) – AI agents for continuous pentesting (ycombinator.com)
Hey HN! We're Brandon, Sam, and Akul from MindFort (https://mindfort.ai). We're building autonomous AI agents that continuously find, validate, and patch security vulnerabilities in web applications—essentially creating an AI red team that runs 24/7.

Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Web Development, Startups

60 points by bveiseh 30 days ago | 24 comments

Ask HN: Is anyone using AI conversation partners? (ycombinator.com)
I'm obsessed applying LLMs in language learning software. One thing I am not-so-obsessed with is a wave of conversational chat apps that many startups have begun offering.

Artificial Intelligence, Language Learning, Chatbots, Startups

22 points by rickcarlino 31 days ago | 35 comments

Ask HN: Decided I no longer want to be a SWE – what next? (ycombinator.com)
I recently spent the past six months working on a startup. We had a fair bit of momentum coming out of a well known accelerator and an idea with traction, but unfortunately the money just didn't quite show up for the seed. At 30, doing this without pay (and expenses covered) seemed like an ok idea, at least for a few months. But at this point I'm kind of done.

Careers, Startups, Software Engineering

49 points by leeroihe 31 days ago | 63 comments

Chuuchuu - Train travel, made smart (chuuchuu.com)

Train Travel, Technology, Transportation, Startups

8 points by recvonline 31 days ago | 6 comments

Launch HN: Relace (YC W23) – Models for fast and reliable codegen (ycombinator.com)
Hey HN community! We're Preston and Eitan, and we're building Relace (https://relace.ai). We're trying to make building code agents easy and cheap.

Code Generation, Generative AI, Startups, Y Combinator

111 points by eborgnia 31 days ago | 51 comments

Samsung may invest in $100M round for medical imaging startup Exo (techcrunch.com)
Samsung’s venture investment unit is looking to invest in California-based medical device startup, Exo, in a round that could climb to $100 million, Bloomberg reported, citing anonymous sources.

Medical Imaging, Startups, Investment, Samsung, Healthcare

4 points by Sourabhsss1 31 days ago | 0 comments

Launch HN: Nomi (YC X25) – Copilot for Sales (ycombinator.com)
Hey HN, we’re Swan and Ethan, and we’re building https://heynomi.com, a real-time AI that helps you sell better while you're actually in the call.

Sales, Artificial Intelligence, Startups, Y Combinator

87 points by ethansafar 32 days ago | 70 comments

$1M Revenue, $0 Profit: Our D2C Reality Check (indiehackers.com)
Honest intro: I'm not here to sell you some "become a millionaire" course or share get-rich-quick secrets. This is just three people -Fatih, Deniz & Emre(me)- sharing our deepest e-commerce struggles and wins from building a posture correction device brand from literally zero.

E-commerce, D2C, Startups, Business

23 points by emredoganer 32 days ago | 1 comments

Sam and Jony and Skepticism (sixcolors.com)
Ever since OpenAI announced a couple of days ago that it’s integrating Jony Ive’s hardware startup, I’ve been struggling with what to write about it.

Design, Artificial Intelligence, Hardware, Startups

9 points by kjhughes 33 days ago | 4 comments

Show HN: I built StickerFacet to turn photos into high quality vinyl stickers (stickerfacet.com)

Software, Design, Startups, Business, Photography

20 points by arthurcolle 34 days ago | 14 comments

You’re a little company, now act like one (2009) (asmartbear.com)
You’re afraid that looking like being a small company means you’ll lose sales. It’s actually the opposite – you’re alienating your best customers.

Business, Marketing, Startups

299 points by tosh 34 days ago | 63 comments

Microsoft-backed UK tech unicorn Builder.ai collapses into insolvency (ft.com)
Microsoft-backed UK tech unicorn Builder.ai collapses into insolvency

Microsoft, Startups, UK, Business, Technology

176 points by louthy 34 days ago | 136 comments

99% of AI Startups Will Be Dead by 2026 – Here's Why (medium.com)
99% of AI Startups Will Be Dead by 2026 — Here’s Why

Artificial Intelligence, Startups, Predictions, Business

26 points by georgehill 34 days ago | 23 comments

Stuff I Learned at Carta (lethain.com)
Today’s my last day at Carta, where I got the chance to serve as their CTO for the past two years.

Software, Career, Startups, Technology

79 points by blueridge 35 days ago | 49 comments

Engineers and AI: ramblings of a small startup founder (labadal.com)
AI feels like a nightmare for a lot of us software engineers. Everyone wants it to replace us. I have always been a naysayer when it comes to AI in software engineering. Not that it can’t eventually be something that replaces me, just that it slows me down right now. I understand the thing I’m building and why I’m building it. I can call out bad requirements (unlike our favorite yes-man, ChatGPT).

Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, Startups

15 points by labadal 36 days ago | 3 comments

Jony Ive's AI Product 'Third Core Device' After MacBook and iPhone (macrumors.com)
Details have leaked about the device that OpenAI is developing with former Apple designer Jony Ive. OpenAI is acquiring io, the hardware-based AI startup co-created by Jony Ive, and the first product is one of a family of devices the company intends to launch.

Artificial Intelligence, Hardware, Apple, Design, Startups

3 points by retskrad 36 days ago | 2 comments

Microsoft-backed Builder.ai collapsed after finding potentially bogus sales (ft.com)
Microsoft-backed Builder.ai collapsed after finding potentially bogus sales

Microsoft, Startups, Business, Artificial Intelligence, Finance

31 points by frereubu 36 days ago | 9 comments

Launch HN: WorkDone (YC X25) – AI Audit of Medical Charts (ycombinator.com)
Hey HN! We’re Dmitry, Sergey, and Alex, co-founders of WorkDone. In one sentence: we built an AI product that audits medical documentation in real time to catch and fix errors before they turn into treatment mistakes or denied insurance claims.

Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare, Startups, Medical Records

79 points by digitaltzar 36 days ago | 60 comments

We sold our first AI agent to a legacy industry–now we're stuck. Help us Advice? (ycombinator.com)
My co-founder and I recently launched an AI startup building custom agents for manufacturers in old-school industries (think: industrial suppliers, factory ops, regional distributors, etc.).

Artificial Intelligence, Startups, Industry, Advice

13 points by goldmanX 36 days ago | 19 comments

Startup enables 100-year bridges with corrosion-resistant steel (news.mit.edu)
Allium Engineering, founded by two MIT PhDs, is tripling the lifetime of bridges and other structures with a new technology that uses a stainless steel cladding to make rebar resilient to corrosion.

Civil Engineering, Materials Science, Startups, Construction

3 points by gnabgib 37 days ago | 0 comments

OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive (bloomberg.com)
OpenAI is buying an AI device startup co-founded by Apple veteran designer Jony Ive in a nearly $6.5 billion all-stock deal.

OpenAI, Artificial Intelligence, Acquisitions, Startups, Business

818 points by minimaxir 37 days ago | 1126 comments

Launch HN: SIM Studio (YC X25) – Figma-Like Canvas for Agent Workflows (ycombinator.com)
Hey HN! We're Emir and Waleed from Sim Studio (https://simstudio.ai). We did a Show HN a few weeks ago about our open-source project (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43823096). Today, we’re launching our hosted platform—a collaborative interface to build and deploy agent workflows. We just removed the waitlist (with 5,000+ people) and you can sign up and access it at: https://simstudio.ai

AI, Startups, Software, User Interface, Open Source

55 points by waleedlatif1 37 days ago | 32 comments

Ask HN: How do you promote your personal projects with a limited budget? (ycombinator.com)

Marketing, Personal Projects, Budgets, Entrepreneurship, Startups

132 points by javafactory 37 days ago | 91 comments

Show HN: Super (YC W18) - Turn company data into answers & agents for your team (super.work)
Super is how AI curious companies get to action. Connect all your tools, get the best enterprise search experience, prebuilt assistants, and bring it in your own workflows.

AI, Enterprise Software, Productivity, YC, Startups

16 points by christophepas 37 days ago | 3 comments

Startup enables 100-year bridges with corrosion-resistant steel (news.mit.edu)
Allium Engineering, founded by two MIT PhDs, is tripling the lifetime of bridges and other structures with a new technology that uses a stainless steel cladding to make rebar resilient to corrosion.

Civil Engineering, Construction, Materials Science, Startups

36 points by rbanffy 37 days ago | 59 comments

EU startups fail because their press refuses to hype them up (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.

Startups, Europe, Media, Business

107 points by ryzvonusef 37 days ago | 95 comments

Microsoft-backed Builder.ai enters insolvency proceedings (techcrunch.com)
AI software company Builder.ai is entering insolvency proceedings, a company spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch.

Insolvency, Microsoft, AI, Startups, Software

26 points by upupupandaway 38 days ago | 4 comments

Launch HN: Opusense (YC X25) – AI assistant for construction inspectors on site (ycombinator.com)
Hi HN, we're Roya and Michael, co-founders of Opusense AI (https://www.opusense.com/), a tool to help engineers and consultants automatically generate construction site reports from typed or voice notes, plus photos.

Construction, Artificial Intelligence, Startups, Software

33 points by rcody 38 days ago | 19 comments

Microsoft-Backed Builder.ai to Enter Insolvency Proceedings (bloomberg.com)
Builder.ai, the British artificial intelligence startup backed by Microsoft Corp. and the Qatar Investment Authority, will file an insolvency case after overstating sales figures it provided investors.

Artificial Intelligence, Business, Startups, Finance, Insolvency

14 points by helsinkiandrew 38 days ago | 2 comments

Ask HN: Do people actually pay for small web tools? (ycombinator.com)
Hey all, there's a lot of web stuff and tools I'd love to make that I think would honestly be worth a small subscription ($5/mo maybe). I'm always a bit wary of approaching these ideas though because I feel like nobody would ever pay for small web stuff?

Business, Startups, Web Development, Monetization

58 points by scratchyone 41 days ago | 68 comments