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The Opening

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

But it is hard to take on the existing gaming companies with a new architecture. USV TEAM POSTS: Hanel Baveja — Aug 9, 2021 Remora. I’ve always thought the opening would be at the intersection of gaming, online communities, and social networks. It is also hard to take on the existing social nets.

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Hard Tech Companies, Then and Now

Y Combinator

Last month, Boom became the first independent company to develop a supersonic jet.  Here’s Most people know YC for funding software companies. But some of our most successful companies are the ones doing incredible things in the real world — the hard tech companies.

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Request for Startups: Climate Tech

Y Combinator

YC Companies: Cambio , PowerX , Greenwork , Kapacity.io , Moneytree , Bright Energy Management When we electrify our major machines – such as buildings and vehicles – we halve our total energy use but increase the amount of electricity we use by roughly 3x. EVs are now over 5% of new US sales and growing 60% year over year.

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