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10 startups to watch from Y Combinator’s W25 Demo Day


Silicon Valley's most storied startup accelerator, Y Combinator, held its Winter 2025 Demo Day on Wednesday, showcasing its latest batch of 160 startups.

Why it’s a fave: Teaching assistants (TAs) are the backbone of any modern university, quietly grading papers for professors and doing other grunt work. What it’s a fave: Misprint has a cool origin story: its co-founder Eva Herget quit her job at Goldman Sachs to sell Pokemon cards full-time, raking in $40,000 a month. Why it’s a fave: Who hasn’t popped into a work Zoom meeting with a bad case of bed hair or barely-concealed pajama pants?

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