Startups stories
The startup ecosystem on Hacker News spans bootstrapped side projects, YC launches, Series A announcements, and hard-won lessons from founders who have been through it. This archive tracks the stories that matter to people building companies.
Funding rounds, pivot stories, growth tactics, and product-market-fit debates all surface here. Whether you are evaluating your next idea or following how experienced founders navigate uncertainty, these discussions offer signal beyond the press release.
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RSS feed for StartupsFixing a Bricked Framework Laptop
quantum5.ca · 24 points · 7 comments
Dreadsweeper – Minesweeper Raycasted
dreadsweeper.franzai.com · 3 points · 1 comments
A $21B 'Kids in Chips' Startup Is Scooping Up Nvidia Talent
wsj.com · 3 points · 2 comments
Dial-up internet – made a thing that lets you do it again
56k.rip · 12 points · 6 comments
AI-generated music box version of any song (for baby)
lullabyconverter.com · 4 points · 0 comments
My friends all hate AI; I just joined an AI startup
fast.ai · 44 points · 128 comments
A Decongestant Debate That Won't Clear Up
undark.org · 10 points · 5 comments
Launch HN: Speko (YC S26) – OpenRouter for Voice AI
13 points · 2 comments
Tell HN: GitHub Is Experiencing Degraded Performance
90 points · 26 comments
AGI-64 Brings Sierra Adventures to the Commodore 64
meanhamster.com · 33 points · 4 comments
The federal keyword lists that canceled billions in research funding
highereddive.com · 166 points · 55 comments
WireDoctor – Spring Boot startup and bean cycle analyzer
github.com · 2 points · 0 comments
I teach calculus at Berkeley. Some of my students can't do middle school math
sfstandard.com · 17 points · 10 comments
Tasklet (YC P26) Is Hiring a Head of Design Engineering
tasklet.ai · 1 points · 0 comments
Climbing Guide as a Shared Infrastructure
irz.fr · 25 points · 10 comments
Growth of CVEs fixed in Postgres looks exponential
twitter.com · 3 points · 0 comments
Triple Product Rule of Partial Derivatives
en.wikipedia.org · 11 points · 2 comments
Cornell: Pro Palestine Students Targeted by ICE: Come Back to US or Lose Funding
theintercept.com · 11 points · 2 comments
Super El Niño Keeps Growing as New Forecasts Reach Record Territory Ahead Winter
severe-weather.eu · 3 points · 1 comments
Voltair (YC W26) Is Hiring a Test Flight Engineer
ycombinator.com · 1 points · 0 comments
Learn electronics by making your own circuit simulator in Python
spicycircuits.dev · 8 points · 0 comments
Semaglutide linked to lower predicted dementia risk
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com · 254 points · 179 comments
Mycorrhizal Infrastructure Map
a-hidden-infrastructure.spun.earth · 4 points · 0 comments
AI productivity gains drive net CO₂ increase in global energy–economy model
nature.com · 4 points · 0 comments
Corgi kills short-lived website that ranked its female employees
sf.gazetteer.co · 17 points · 5 comments
RISC-V: They should have known better
dmitry.gr · 125 points · 91 comments
Why did I build a product no one needs?
metedata.substack.com · 4 points · 0 comments
A simple list for concerts in NYC
singledigit.nyc · 3 points · 0 comments
An easy way to build self-diagnosing and self-learning AI agents in production
youtube.com · 5 points · 1 comments
Interactive Product Demos made easy
rendemo.com · 2 points · 0 comments