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Startups Weekly: Let’s see what those Y Combinator kids have been up to this time


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With a history of bleeding money, Rubrik’s tale is one of modest revenue growth, eye-watering losses, and a pivot to subscription models that’s as groundbreaking as deciding to sell software as a service in the tech world. Founded by a former business journalist and a software engineer, Kidsy has quickly become the superhero of the circular economy for baby products, managing to charm investors into an “oversubscribed” pre-seed funding round faster than a toddler can throw a tantrum. Twenty-one lucky nonprofits get to be the guinea pigs in a six-month tech boot camp, complete with AI coaches and Google employee minions, all in the name of making the world a better place — one automated task at a time.

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