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Prepare for pitch battle: Startup Battlefield 200 nominations are open

Nominations for TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 are open. Pitch at Disrupt 2026 in October in front of top VCs and the full TechCrunch audience. Nominate your startup or for one that's deserving.

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Peak XV raises $1.3B, doubles down on AI as global VC rivalry in India heats up

Peak XV says most of its new capital will target India as the firm prioritizes AI, fintech and cross-border bets while navigating recent partner departures.

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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Super Early Bird rates end in 1 week

The lowest ticket rates of the year for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ends next Friday, February 27. Save up to $680 on your pass. Register now before prices increase.

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Why investors are going gaga over solid-state transformers

The technology promises to replace several parts of the grid with one device that’s both controllable and updatable.

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The Gay Tech Mafia

Article URL: https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-gay-tech-mafia/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47089469 Points: 6 # Comments: 1

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Trump's global tariffs struck down by US Supreme Court

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c0l9r67drg7t Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47089213 Points: 237 # Comments: 145

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Child's Play: Tech's new generation and the end of thinking

Article URL: https://harpers.org/archive/2026/03/childs-play-sam-kriss-ai-startup-roy-lee/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47088685 Points: 48 # Comments: 28

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I found a useful Git one liner buried in leaked CIA developer docs

Article URL: https://spencer.wtf/2026/02/20/cleaning-up-merged-git-branches-a-one-liner-from-the-cias-leaked-dev-docs.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47088181 Points: 200 # Comments: 103

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Show HN: A native macOS client for Hacker News, built with SwiftUI

Hey HN! I built a native macOS desktop client for Hacker News and I'm open-sourcing it under the MIT license. GitHub: https://github.com/IronsideXXVI/Hacker-News Download (signed & notarized DMG, macOS 14.0+): https://github.com/IronsideXXVI/Hacker-N

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OpenAI says 18 to 24-year-olds account for nearly 50% of ChatGPT usage in India

The company said on Friday that users between 18 and 24 years of age account for nearly 50% of all messages sent by Indians to ChatGPT, and users under 30 accounted for 80% of usage in the country.

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The OpenAI mafia: 18 startups founded by alumni

The OpenAI mafia: 15 of the most notable startups founded by alumni

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Microsoft deletes blog telling users to train AI on pirated Harry Potter books

The now-deleted Harry Potter dataset was "mistakenly" marked public domain.

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Ggml.ai joins Hugging Face to ensure the long-term progress of Local AI

Article URL: https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/discussions/19759 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47088037 Points: 38 # Comments: 5

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Mothers (YC X26) Is Hiring

Article URL: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/9-mothers?utm_source=x8pZ4B3P3Q Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47087954 Points: 0 # Comments: 0

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PayPal discloses data breach that exposed user info for 6 months

Article URL: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/paypal-discloses-data-breach-exposing-users-personal-information/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47087719 Points: 8 # Comments: 0