Dasha Shunina’s Post

What’s happening on September 9th? Y Combinator will host its 43rd Demo Day, as the Summer 2025 batch comes to an end. I had the chance to speak with some of the most promising startups—what they’re building, why they’re building it, and how YC has shaped their founder journeys. Inspired by their grind, I almost decided to start a company myself 😃 A big shoutout to these people Jake Stevens, Joe Fioti, Matthew Gunton from Luminal (YC S25), Alessia Paccagnella and Elia Saquand from VibeFlow (YC S25), Niosha Afsharikia, PhD and Roksana Baleshzar from TectoAI (YC S25), Carlos J., Alec Howard, Michael Mason from Cacao, Michelle Marcelline from The Prompting Company, Neha Suresh and Akash Thakur from April (YC S25), Luigi Pederzani from mcp-use (YC S25), Adith Reddi from Riff (YC S25), Grace Li from Design Arena, Aditya Jha and Neil Nie from Verne Robotics, Niek Hogenboom from Minimal AI (YC S25), Ethan Gibbs from Embedder (YC S25), Hammad Malik from Uplift AI, Aria Vikram and Tony Yamin from Parachute (YC S25), Sepand Dyanatkar from OnDeck AI (YC S25) ❤️ Remember, the sky is the limit—best of luck with Demo Day! Want to take a closer look at what this batch is building? https://lnkd.in/gw6Ri4Ns #Forbes #YCombinator