Steve Rahimi (YC S26)

Building @pango_ai (YC S26)

[Steve Rahimi (YC S26) @Steve_rahimi]

@Pango_ai (YC S26) makes e-commerce companies scale like tech companies. One brand using Pango scaled from $6M to $100M in 11 months without adding any ops hires.

The more an online store sells, the more manual work it creates. Merchants' operations differ from one another, and traditional deterministic tools are siloed, can't support customized workflows, and require additional hiring to scale.

Pango is a unified platform that connects to your store, warehouse, and carriers and puts your deliveries and returns on autopilot. From printing a label until you refund a customer, Pango runs it all reliably and autonomously. You can conveniently customize and improve your shipping and returns process by prompting, or ask deep analytical questions about shipments and returns to understand how to protect your margins at all touchpoints.

With Pango, 100,000 orders require the same human effort as 1 order. This means merchants can focus on what matters, crafting products and brands that customers love.

Book a demo: https://t.co/IdS4elC1Jp

Thanks to @ycombinator and my co-founder @_lukres

[Steve Rahimi (YC S26) @Steve_rahimi]

@stripe is buying @OpenRouter for $10B. Why?

[Steve Rahimi (YC S26) @Steve_rahimi]

@Pango_ai (YC S26) makes e-commerce companies scale like tech companies. One brand using Pango scaled from $6M to $100M in 11 months without adding any ops hires.

The more an online store sells, the more manual work it creates. Merchants' operations differ from one another, and traditional deterministic tools are siloed, can't support customized workflows, and require additional hiring to scale.

Pango is a unified platform that connects to your store, warehouse, and carriers and puts your deliveries and returns on autopilot. From printing a label until you refund a customer, Pango runs it all reliably and autonomously. You can conveniently customize and improve your shipping and returns process by prompting, or ask deep analytical questions about shipments and returns to understand how to protect your margins at all touchpoints.

With Pango, 100,000 orders require the same human effort as 1 order. This means merchants can focus on what matters, crafting products and brands that customers love.

Book a demo: https://t.co/IdS4elC1Jp

Thanks to @ycombinator and my co-founder @_lukres

[Steve Rahimi (YC S26) @Steve_rahimi]

a16z is a fund; when they care about a startup, they invest through the main fund. Scouts just widen the top of the funnel so no deal gets missed.

They launched Speedrun on YC-like terms, only far worse, for the same reason. Now imagine being funnel-fill and calling yourself an investor.

[Steve Rahimi (YC S26) @Steve_rahimi]

”Scout at a16z speedrun” is level -1!

[Steve Rahimi (YC S26) @Steve_rahimi]

Nyc is better then SF!

Specially if you are building in e-com sector!

[Steve Rahimi (YC S26) @Steve_rahimi]

@_lukres @GWitchel

[Steve Rahimi (YC S26) @Steve_rahimi]

@jaykhan Change happens in that one night!

[Steve Rahimi (YC S26) @Steve_rahimi]

@GaddipatiHarsha @balajis You should talk to schools, schools student associations. Rum a claude session!

[Steve Rahimi (YC S26) @Steve_rahimi]

@GaddipatiHarsha 🤨

[Menlo Times @menlotimes]

Y Combinator @ycombinator Launches of the Week:

(This round-up is for informational purposes only, and in order of the date/time of the launch, from earliest to latest.)

1) Daqstra @daqstra: Founded by Darell Chua @heyitsdarell and Anchit Kumar @anchit__kumar, Daqstra is the AI-native orchestration layer for physical R&D. Know More At: https://t.co/w1mhuQbZwm

2) Nebula Security @nebusecurity: Founded by Eten Zou @ETenal7, Yuan Tan, Frank Wu @FrankOverF1ow, and Xiaochuan Yu @Nyaaaaa_ovo, Nebula Security is an AI-native cybersecurity company founded by world-class hackers. Know More At: https://t.co/ytb3DORWHf

3) Pango @Pango_ai: Founded by Steve Rahimi @Steve_rahimi and Lukasz Reszczynski @_lukres, Pango is an autonomous digital employee that runs back-office operations for e-commerce companies: deliveries, tracking, returns, transport, and CS. Know More At: https://t.co/vtsSCveGNA

4) HERA: Founded by Meera Patel @lockedincheetah and Noelle So, HERA catches thousand-dollar errors before they hit the shop floor. Know More At: https://t.co/qhSv04g0TY

5) Agnost AI @agnostai: Founded by Parth Ajmera @prrthh132 and Shubham Palriwala @ShubhamInTech, Agnost AI helps teams building chat and voice AI agents understand what users want, where they get stuck, and why they drop off. Know More At: https://t.co/1sSHvFHmrR

6) Atlas Discovery @atlasdiscovery0: Founded by Sanjukta Bhattacharya @splicewiring and Shaamil Karim @ShaamilKarim1, Atlas Discovery is predicting human response to drugs in clinical trials. Know More At: https://t.co/Vl67bKpMIt

7) Neuron Industries: Founded by Dennis Ren, Neuron Industries is crafting the world’s first purpose-built industrial controller for AI, replacing the antiquated PLCs running every machine and factory. Know More At: https://t.co/8PwzP7LQUb

8) Dialogus: Founded by Hans Ibarra, Juberth Rodriguez, and Rodrigo Terán @rodrigoteranhdz, Dialogus builds voice agent infrastructure for enterprises. Know More At: https://t.co/wetY4h0Cn0

9) RonanRx Inc: Founded by Lloyd Armbrust @larmbrust and Emily Colman @emilyrcolman, RonanRx Inc helps you personalize GLP-1s like Ozempic, peptides, and other treatments using your labs, wearables, medical history, treatment response, and the latest medical research. Know More At: https://t.co/CRSsjnnw3I

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[Steve Rahimi (YC S26) @Steve_rahimi]

@_lukres

[Steve Rahimi (YC S26) @Steve_rahimi]

Random Swedish flag in NYC: apparently there is a church called ”Swedish church” in NYC. Anyone knows the history?

[Melvin Hagberg @melvinhagberg]

We’ve raised $3.2M and spent 18 months building Scape.

Scape is the first email inbox that works for you:

[Steve Rahimi (YC S26) @Steve_rahimi]

@melvinhagberg Lets go!

[Steve Rahimi (YC S26) @Steve_rahimi]

Vacation in Bali is for poor people!

[Steve Rahimi (YC S26) @Steve_rahimi]

@FabraixHQ Go Go Go

[Steve Rahimi (YC S26) @Steve_rahimi]

@aaayandev U sure?

[Steve Rahimi (YC S26) @Steve_rahimi]

Chat, should I do my YC launch or wait until the world cup is done?