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March 24, 2016

Y Combinator latest batch was a record, but bigger plans are in works

Paul Buchheit talked about the Mountain View accelerator's hopes and plans after taking over its core program with the batch that "graduated" this week.




Meet another 29 Bay Area startups from Y Combinator's second Demo Day

About half of the 127 YC companies that pitched to hundreds of investors this week in Mountain View were in companies headquartered in the Bay Area.




Mesosphere raises $73.5M from investors including HP, Microsoft

The San Francisco-based data center startup has raised $126 million to date. This round was led by Hewlett Packard Enterprise.




Palantir partners with Credit Suisse to stop rogue bankers

Credit Suisse will first use the companies' joint venture, called Signac, in-house before it is made available to other banks.




Smartwatch company Pebble will lay off 25% of staff

The company has raised $26 million over the past eight months, in addition to its $20 million Kickstarter campaign.




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The startup that charmed SXSW

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