Alby Churven's Y Combinator application went viral on X. Alby Churven Alby Churven founded Clovr, a front-end vibecoding startup. He's 14 years old. Churven told Business Insider that his age gave him...
Character.AI and Google have reached settlements with several families whose teens harmed themselves or died by suicide after interacting with Character.AI 's chatbots, according to new court filings....
Found this on an open directory (blankline.org). It describes a 'Recursive Swarm' architecture designed to solve context saturation for 24+ hour engineering tasks. Two key claims stood out to me: D3 E...
As usual, 2025 was a year of deep congressional dysfunction in the US. But state legislatures were passing laws that govern everything from AI to social media to the right to repair. Many of these law...
There are plenty of dating apps out there, and apps that turn your chaos of work obligations into easily actionable lists. There is also a growing number of apps that help you make new friends. The pi...
Amid Mohamed, 17, founded Viral Cartel Inc. in 2024. Amid Mohamed Amid Mohamed is the 17-year-old founder of Viral Cartel Inc. His company creates social media campaigns for film studios using TikTok ...
My name is Adrian. I'm a Software Engineer and I spent 6 years developing a perimeter-based geofence-based social media app. What it does: - Allows you to load a custom perimeter anywhere on the geogr...
Dub, a fintech startup that lets people copy influencers' stock trades, raised a $30 million Series A round in 2025. Dub The creator economy has captivated notable VCs' attention and checks. Some crea...
I built a CLI tool that lets you do common video/audio operations without remembering ffmpeg syntax. Instead of: ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -vf "fps=15,scale=480:-1:flags=lanczos" -loop 0 output.gif You writ...
Brick is a $59 gadget designed to help cut down on phone screen time. Anneta Konstantinides/Business Insider I've been using Brick, a $59 gadget designed to help cut down on phone screen time. It acts...
Lil Uzi Vert performed at a party celebrating FaZe Clan's listing on the Nasdaq. Andrew Toth/Getty Images for FaZe Clan FaZe Clan's top talent left last week, marking the end of an era at the esports ...
Garry Tan is a top seed investor. Courtesy Y Combinator founders seized the AI boom in 2025, with increasingly younger teams securing millions in seed funding. Founders launched companies ranging from...
C.J. Mahoney, Meta's new chief legal officer and a former Trump administration official. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Meta hired C.J. Mahoney, a former Trump administration official...
Charles Swann uses the help of AI tooling to have his junior-level employee gain years of experience in seconds. Courtesy of Charles Swann Startup founder Charles Swann hired only one other full-time ...
Tailwind's CEO said the startup's revenue has decreased by 80% amid the rise of AI. id-work/Getty Images The popular web tool Tailwind cut three of its four engineers on Monday, citing an AI-driven re...
Mark Rober is the latest YouTube star to get a Netflix deal. Rich Storry/Getty Images 2025 was the year of the creator in Hollywood. YouTube is the top TV service, while Netflix and other streamers ar...
Donaldson has said he spent hours Skyping with peers, learning how to make it big on YouTube. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images The venture capitalist Bill Gurley said embracing peers, not having sharp...
Jimmy Donaldson, a.k.a. MrBeast, is about to kick off season 2 of "Beast Games." Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Prime Video MrBeast is making the first episode of "Beast Games" Season ...
Hot on the animated heels of The Simpsons, which enjoyed its own Fortnite mini-season throughout November last year , it’s been confirmed South Park has its own collaboration with the battle royale ju...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Two decades ago social media promised to connect people with pals far and wide. ✓ Twenty years online has left people tur...