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The Man Who Will Make Satellites Reusable

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Jun 26, 2026

The Man Who Will Make Satellites Reusable

Brian Taylor spent years at SpaceX learning how to move fast in space. Now he's taking that playbook and applying it to the satellite itself.

Christian Holland
Christian Holland
The Klarna for Invoice Finance

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Jun 24, 2026

The Klarna for Invoice Finance

Anthony Eden grew up in the worst school in London. He left it with the best grades in its history. Then the school shut down. That tells you most of what you need to know about how he builds.

Christian Holland
Christian Holland
The Physicist Teaching Robots to Learn Like New Hires

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Aug 6, 2026

The Physicist Teaching Robots to Learn Like New Hires

Sebastian Peralta trained to be a physicist, chasing the equation that unifies quantum mechanics and gravity. He solved a $500 billion problem instead: robots that can only do one thing, and do it badly.

Christian Holland
Christian Holland

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The Klarna for Invoice Finance

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Jun 24, 2026

The Klarna for Invoice Finance

Anthony Eden grew up in the worst school in London. He left it with the best grades in its history. Then the school shut down. That tells you most of what you need to know about how he builds.

Christian Holland
Christian Holland
What Rockefeller Knew

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Jun 22, 2026

What Rockefeller Knew

Cameron Bell failed high school, got into BlackRock, felt sick about it, and walked away. Now he's building the company that controls the cost of moving things across America - at a moment when that has never mattered more.

Christian Holland
Christian Holland

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Building the Tool Every PLG Team Wishes They Had: How John Created Manifolds to Unmask Your Best Users in Minutes

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Jan 19, 2026

Building the Tool Every PLG Team Wishes They Had: How John Created Manifolds to Unmask Your Best Users in Minutes

A former Wall Street analyst turned repeat founder, John Sillings is now building Manifolds, a de‐anonymization engine that helps PLG companies instantly identify and prioritize their highest‐value users

Christian Holland
Christian Holland
Building the Operating System for Space Networks: How Kamran Is Turning Constellation into the Brain of the New Space Economy

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Jan 22, 2026

Building the Operating System for Space Networks: How Kamran Is Turning Constellation into the Brain of the New Space Economy

A SpaceX alum, theorist‐turned‐founder, and deep space‐systems thinker, Kamran Majid is building Constellation, an AI “operating system” that keeps satellite networks resilient as thousands of new spacecraft come online

Christian Holland
Christian Holland
From High School Dropout to YC S25 Founder: How Adam Gamieldien Is Turning Missed Restaurant Calls into Scalable Infrastructure

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Feb 3, 2026

From High School Dropout to YC S25 Founder: How Adam Gamieldien Is Turning Missed Restaurant Calls into Scalable Infrastructure

A South African high school dropout, Adam Gamieldien is building Certus AI, an AI phone agent that replaces the restaurant phone line and quietly captures demand operators are currently dropping

Christian Holland
Christian Holland
Building the YC-Backed GTM Engine: How Sid Built Clodo to Find the Exact Buyers You Should Talk To

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Feb 9, 2026

Building the YC-Backed GTM Engine: How Sid Built Clodo to Find the Exact Buyers You Should Talk To

Most teams use the same tools like Sales Nav and Apollo, hoping good prospects shake out. Sid Rajaram built Clodo to flip that: a prospecting engine where you describe your buyer in natural language and get back the people most likely to buy

Christian Holland
Christian Holland
From Small-Town Punjab to YC: How Sanchit & Shubham Are Building RunAnywhere to Put AI on Every Device

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Jan 16, 2026

From Small-Town Punjab to YC: How Sanchit & Shubham Are Building RunAnywhere to Put AI on Every Device

By unifying fragmented on-device tools into a single open platform, Sanchit Monga and Shubham Malhotra are enabling fast, private AI to run on everything from phones and laptops to $20 edge devices

Christian Holland
Christian Holland

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The Physicist Teaching Robots to Learn Like New Hires

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Aug 6, 2026

The Physicist Teaching Robots to Learn Like New Hires

Sebastian Peralta trained to be a physicist, chasing the equation that unifies quantum mechanics and gravity. He solved a $500 billion problem instead: robots that can only do one thing, and do it badly.

Christian Holland
Christian Holland
The Man Who Will Make Satellites Reusable

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Jun 26, 2026

The Man Who Will Make Satellites Reusable

Brian Taylor spent years at SpaceX learning how to move fast in space. Now he's taking that playbook and applying it to the satellite itself.

Christian Holland
Christian Holland
The Klarna for Invoice Finance

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Jun 24, 2026

The Klarna for Invoice Finance

Anthony Eden grew up in the worst school in London. He left it with the best grades in its history. Then the school shut down. That tells you most of what you need to know about how he builds.

Christian Holland
Christian Holland
What Rockefeller Knew

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Jun 22, 2026

What Rockefeller Knew

Cameron Bell failed high school, got into BlackRock, felt sick about it, and walked away. Now he's building the company that controls the cost of moving things across America - at a moment when that has never mattered more.

Christian Holland
Christian Holland
An Undervalued Asset

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Jun 18, 2026

An Undervalued Asset

Keller Maloney bet on himself when it wasn't the obvious choice. Now he's building the company that may define how brands survive the AI era.

Christian Holland
Christian Holland
The Drug That Worked in China - and Failed in America

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May 20, 2026

The Drug That Worked in China - and Failed in America

Arvid Gollwitzer spent years in the world's best research labs asking why. Now he's built the model that answers it.

Christian Holland
Christian Holland
The Trillion Dollar Industry Running on Spreadsheets and Phone Calls

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Apr 9, 2026

The Trillion Dollar Industry Running on Spreadsheets and Phone Calls

Anchr is building the AI operating system for food distributors - and Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z Speedrun just backed them.

Christian Holland
Christian Holland
The Story of Mats Terwiesch - Co-founder of HYBRD (YC F24)

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Apr 2, 2026

The Story of Mats Terwiesch - Co-founder of HYBRD (YC F24)

The former WHOOP product manager who turned a van trip to Austin into a YC-backed startup for the fastest-growing fitness category you've never heard of.

Christian Holland
Christian Holland
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