HER HUSTLE EXCLUSIVE: Meet the YC Female Founders Building the “Oura Ring for Your Skin”

$250M+ raised by female-founded companies this week, plus a new female-founded AI unicorn, the rise of audience-first founders, and 100+ open roles.

Aug 9 • Daniela Andrade

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July 2026

Babylist, Billions, Broken Series A

Jennifer Hyman’s next move, fresh rounds across AI and biotech, why seed-stage founders are getting stuck, and startup roles to know!

Jul 31 • Daniela Andrade

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We Are SO Back 💁‍♀️

$1.7B+ raised by women-led companies, 70+ startup roles, & LinkedIn’s biggest conversations

Jul 19 • Daniela Andrade

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March 2026

Fraud, Funerals, Fintech

The Delve compliance scandal, Meadow's online funeral startup, Spade and Worth reshaping SMB finance, plus $200M for eMed, 30+ roles across startups and…

Mar 31 • Teli Labs

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Pendants, Pepper, Primetime

$500M for Quince, $200M for AI code verification, voice-only wearables, ESPN's women's sports Sundays, and 20+ roles across AI and VC.

Mar 15 • Teli Labs

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February 2026

Fei-Fei, Finance, Fellowships

World Labs raises $1B for 3D AI, Ricursive's A&A duo hits $4B, food tech communities, AI agent use cases, and new accelerators!

Feb 22 • Teli Labs

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Solace, Stablecoins, Soul

Solace raises $130M at unicorn valuation, Crebit launches stablecoin payments on the App Store, and Anthropic's resident philosopher shapes Claude's…

Feb 15 • Teli Labs

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Homes, Hormones, Hardware

Clair launches a hormone-tracking wearable, Kindred raises $125M for home swapping, and an a16z guest essay argues AI will not kill software.

Feb 8 • Teli Labs

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Snout, Space, Silicon

Disney star raises $100M for satellites, Ricursive hits $4B building self-improving AI chips, and Dario warns 50% of entry-level white collar jobs will…

Feb 1 • Teli Labs

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January 2026

Powertown, Pressure, Platforms

Pressure geothermal, a $480M AI lab seed, AI for tort law and returns fraud, Powertown on the grid crisis, creator bootcamps, and startups hiring across…

Jan 25 • Teli Labs

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Cowork, Coding, Creators

AI coworkers, bio ladies raising, roles from interns to founding engineers, and what people are actually vibe coding.

Jan 19 • Teli Labs

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Creators, Corgi, Care

Anthropic's $10B. Insurance and health tech raises. Creators, campus reps, and early hires open across NYC, SF, and beyond!

Jan 11 • Teli Labs

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