The YCombinator list: Bump, Mixpanel, JobPic take off with newest class
YCombinator, the Silicon Valley start-up incubator, launched its ninth class of companies today. Here is the initial list of companies. (Some are in stealth and we’ll report on them later in the year as they launch.):
FlightCaster: Predicts flight delays up to six hours before airline notifications (pictured right). The team of 11 uses algorithms incorporating weather reports, earlier flights and FAA notifications to predict when flights will arrive. The company plans to focus on consumers… Continue Reading
Disqus version 2 addresses concerns and improves capabilities
You’ve probably noticed that the comments on this site aren’t your typical WordPress-run blog default comments. Instead, they’re run by a third party startup called Disqus. We use this because not only does it offer nice avatars and threaded comments, but also because Disqus is expanding conversations beyond a simple stand-alone comment on one site into truer interaction throughout the web. A new version launching today is a continuation of that trend.
Disqus version 2 eliminates… Continue Reading
Weebly wants to help you design blogs
Weebly, the free AJAX website creator, has just raised a $650K angel round and launched a way for you to create blogs from within your site.
The move pits the young San Francisco company, which has garnered about 25,000 users, against entrenched players like Google’s Blogger, Automatic’s WordPress and SixApart’s TypePad — each of which have millions of users.
The money comes from Ron Conway, Steve Anderson, Paul Buchheit (a creator of Gmail), Aydin Senkut and Mike… Continue Reading