Y Combinator

Investments

Silicon Valley Incubator Backs Its First Defense Company

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Y Combinator is backing Ares Industries, a defense company that builds “low-cost cruise missiles.” It previously avoided the defense market.

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Semiconductors

Google Wants to Keep Data Centers Cool Amid AI Cloud Boom

Finding ways to efficiently keep server farms cool benefits more than just Google’s cloud services business.

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Patent Drop

Microsoft’s Cybersecurity Strength Could Boost AI Bet

Cybersecurity is a substantial part of Microsoft’s business — and a growing one.

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Social Media

Elon Musk’s X Just Got More Valuable, Fidelity Says

Ignore the high-profile exodus of users to BlueSky and Meta’s Threads. Elon Musk’s X, née Twitter, might be doing just fine.

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