Long weekend is the best time to sit down and apply to some accelerators and competitions. Here's what's open right now:
1. @ycombinator - $500K for 7%, Oct-Dec in SF. Fall 2026 deadline is July 27
2. @alliance ALL18 - up to $500K, pitch @paradigm, @a16z, @foundersfund at demo day. Crypto, Web3, AI.
3. @wearepygma PY9 - fintech accelerator for Latin founders in LatAm and the US. Starts August 2026.
4. @tampabaywave FinTech|X - zero equity, 600+ investor network, $100K+ in perks. Deadline Aug 8
5. @GoogleDeepMind x @XPRIZE - $2M across 25 winners. 90 days to build a real AI business with Gemini.
No excuse not to apply to at least one this weekend.
P.S. Long weekend is also a great time to set up your data room before they ask. Tell your story and stand out with → @ThePageform
@ReplitSupport @Replit We need a more powerful version of Task board that lets user prioritize task tickets, move them through a few additional states (To-Do, Backlog/Archives) and possibly export the data
This has been said a thousand times before, but allow me to add my own voice: the era of humans writing code is over. Disturbing for those of us who identify as SWEs, but no less true. That's not to say SWEs don't have work to do, but writing syntax directly is not it.
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@AccelAtoms@DynamicWebPaige@GoogleDeepMind@GoogleLabs@prayanks@AIFuturesFund@GoogleDevsIN Great knowledge sharing again—this series should definitely be on a weekly basis. Since many are currently building MVPs, could you guide us on how to align product development & marketing milestones w/ funding rounds? Best practices on timing these effectively would be helpful
@GeminiApp Label each conversation with a number and each response-request with a user readable UUID to make it easy for power-users to jump to specific queries. Bookmarks, more powerful search functionality (search by date, Gemini instant/autocomplete etc) would help as well.
Voice agents are hard to build. We see two architectures dominate:
1. STT → LLM → TTS (the "sandwich")
2. Speech-to-speech (realtime)
Both have trade-offs. The sandwich is model-agnostic, and you can extend existing text agents without rewiring it.
But stitching together three separate systems means managing streams, handling interruptions, and fighting latency at every hop.
We built a voice agent with LangChain, @cartesia, and @AssemblyAI to show how you can build a robust multimodal agent.
📷 Watch: youtu.be/kDPzdyX76cg
📄 Docs: docs.langchain.com/oss/javascript…
For the first time in history, over 1 in 3 startups were started solo this year.
Introducing The State of Solo Founding: exclusive data from Carta + commentary from top founders and investors.
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Solo founders seem odd today.
Soon they'll be the default.
@AccelAtoms@prayanks@JRSilber Thanks for the AMA folks! Provided clarity on the process and some insights into how we position ourselves while being laser-focused on our vision.
@Replit Just a small note from usage experience - fast note doesn't always get the job done correctly as per requirements for slightly complex tasks. It would be great if you could analyse the ceiling where the response/result quality for fast mode drops and re-route automtcly
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