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Joanathan McIntosh, a 2x founder, launches Billow (YC S26), an AI-native accounting firm that replaces human accountants with agents to automate tasks in the $700B industry.
Prodigy Research, a YC S26-backed startup, announces its launch as a frontier AI trading research lab, claiming to train a top-tier quantitative finance foundation model that outperforms top traders and major indices.
Stoa Markets (YC S26) launches a marketplace for buying and selling GPUs and AI servers, offering verified counterparties, firm quotes, and structured settlement to address fragmented supply and opaque pricing in the AI hardware market.
Axelrod Labs (YC S26) launches an AI agent workforce that automates front- and back-of-house tasks for boutique and luxury hotels, integrating with existing hotel systems.
Lamb Labs (YC S26) announces custom AI inference chips claiming 20,000+ tok/s and 63x higher Intelligence per Watt than traditional GPUs, arguing GPUs were adopted for availability rather than suitability.
Prized lets non-engineers build secure internal tools by describing their needs in natural language, generating full-stack apps wired to company data with built-in permissions and audit logging.
Rise Reforming converts stranded biogas from wastewater plants, farms, and landfills into valuable chemicals like dimethyl ether, methanol, and dimethyl carbonate using modular, containerized technology. The startup recently joined Y Combinator's S26 batch.
Coasty is a new API for building computer-use agents, offering task runs, workflows, managed machines, and lower-level prediction primitives.
InsForge is an open-source backend platform designed specifically for AI programming agents, providing databases, user authentication, file storage, edge computing, AI gateway, and one-click deployment, enabling AI to independently develop full-stack applications.