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YC adds nine former founders as Visiting Partners, highlighting their exits, fundraises, and scale to underscore a founder-led mentorship network.
BillionToOne goes public as YC’s fourth biotech IPO, boasting that 1 in 11 US babies are tested with its fetal DNA test, with rapid development from YC and a track record of FDA-cleared Covid testing and a 2023 cancer/liquid biopsy product, underscoring regulatory and execution advantages despite promotional framing.
Windborne Systems’ WeatherMesh 6 AI weather model claims to outperform ECMWF and traditional forecasts with hourly 3 km predictions, backed by 400 weather balloons across 15 sites, $25M in funding and an $85M valuation, selling data to NOAA and U.S. military while tightening regulatory compliance via ADS-B.
UC faculty are pushing to reinstate SAT/ACT admissions for STEM, citing severe math deficits and six years without standardized testing amid a regulatory backdrop.
Human Archive is paying India’s gig workers to wear camera-equipped caps and sensors to collect real-world data for training robots, backed by $8.2M in funding and deployment of 1,000+ headsets, amid ongoing privacy/regulatory scrutiny in India.
Walking boosts certain creativity measures versus sitting across 176 participants and multiple experiments, with effects seen indoors and outdoors, though single-answer tasks can favor sitting.
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