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Former Y Combinator, a16z experts hold invite-only summit for founders


An invite-only startup event hosted by former YC and a16z staff will help founders learn to pitch press and run their own social media.

These layoffs were surprising at the time because Y Combinator’s events have always been highly popular and were a major force in making San Francisco the hub for the burgeoning AI startup community. The people putting on this event are doing it because they are appalled at how often early-stage startups are led to believe they must pay tens of thousands of dollars to hire PR and social media agencies, one person involved told TechCrunch. The founders of app vibe coding startup Rork were almost broke when a viral tweet led them to raise $2.8 million and nab a spot in a16z’s Speedrun program.

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