AI Startups, Funding & Market Activity

What Happened Y Combinator appointed Vivian Midha Shen and Raphael Schaad as General Partners after two batches as Visiting Partners. Shen previously built Juni Learning and Acely; Schaad founded Cron, which Notion acquired, and later grew Notion Calendar to millions of users. Their new roles extend from supporting founders during a batch to working with…

Findings [1] 2026-09-29 Supertake AI that turn your ideas into real investments Discussion | Link [2] 2026-09-28 ShipHappens: ASO, keywords & screenshots for the app store Discussion | Link [3] 2026-09-28 Claude Sonnet 5.5 Anthropic's second model in the Claude 5.5 family Discussion | Link [4] 2026-09-28 Gladys…

Findings [1] 2026-09-28 Shotcandy Make Your Screenshots Look Amazing Discussion | Link [2] 2026-09-28 MuM A reading-first Markdown engine for macOS Discussion | Link [3] 2026-09-28 Dina 4.5 Beautiful screen recordings, screenshots, and 3D motion Discussion | Link [4] 2026-09-27 FaveNest Bookmarks that organize themselves with Apple Intelligence…

Findings [1] 2026-09-25 MakerMap A living map of makers and what they’re building Discussion | Link [2] 2026-09-25 GoodSocials AI social media manager for LinkedIn. Only authentic content Discussion | Link Where Kimbodo Comes In Kimbodo builds and operates this in production for businesses — see our AI Consulting & Strategy…

Findings [1] 2026-09-25 Tellwe Your coffee cup tells its story. Discussion | Link [2] 2026-09-25 Token Forecaster Forecast how long an LLM reply will run, before Enter Discussion | Link [3] 2026-09-25 Wand Build software at the speed of thought Discussion | Link [4] 2026-09-25 Jango Test multi-user…

Findings [1] 2026-09-24 NotchPop The Dynamic Island your MacBook notch was missing Discussion | Link [2] 2026-09-23 Floot MCP Build and ship web and mobile apps inside Claude or ChatGPT Discussion | Link [3] 2026-09-23 Parall Run multiple instances of the same app on your Mac Discussion | Link …

Findings [1] 2026-09-22 Jev State Turn AI conversations into tests and runnable code Discussion | Link [2] 2026-09-22 Speechka Real-time voice translation that sounds like you Discussion | Link [3] 2026-09-22 Alexandria by Firecrawl The knowledge library for superintelligence Discussion | Link [4] 2026-09-22 Claude Opus 5.5 Anthropic's…

Findings [1] 2026-09-22 Xem Open-source email marketing with managed SMTP Discussion | Link [2] 2026-09-22 MiMo-V2.6 Open omnimodal intelligence, trained in public Discussion | Link [3] 2026-09-22 Shootsolo 2.0 Voice-controlled camera + teleprompter for solo creators Discussion | Link [4] 2026-09-22 QuietGlass Screen privacy for your Mac, with…

Findings [1] 2026-09-21 Google Flow for iOS & Android Google's AI creative studio now on mobile Discussion | Link [2] 2026-09-21 OmniDICOM DICOM viewing and metadata editing on Mac and Windows Discussion | Link [3] 2026-09-21 Jev Fast, structured AI decisions for software automation Discussion | Link [4] 2026-09-21…

What Happened Wombo announced an AI game-studio initiative that focuses on generating 2D visual assets plus audio and SFX for games using generative models. Public details are limited — the brief describes the asset types but provides no team, technical, or timeline information [1]. Why It Matters to Businesses Faster prototyping and lower…

Findings [1] 2026-09-08 bonds AI messenger that builds shared apps inside your group chats Discussion | Link [2] 2026-09-08 Catenary Spatial canvas IDE for AI coding agents Discussion | Link [3] 2026-09-08 Trancy Air Translate anything you see, write, or say with one hotkey Discussion | Link [4] 2026-09-07…

What Happened A newly surfaced product described as an "AI‑native Google Analytics alternative for the modern web" — labeled Open Analytics in the note — positions itself as an AI‑first replacement for Google Analytics, emphasizing generative/LLM capabilities for analytics and reporting [1]. The note contains product positioning and a discussion link but includes no vendor,…