Superset bets agent orchestration, not editing, is the next IDE's job
YC P26 trio builds a terminal-first IDE for running Claude Code, Codex and friends in parallel across git worktrees; 11K+ GitHub stars in five months.
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2,000 CAS PUBLIÉS · MIS À JOUR RÉGULIÈREMENTMelazyme bets precision fermentation can make melanin and sweet protein a real business
Perfect Day alums found Melazyme to ferment melanin and sweet proteins; a $2M seed led by SeaX Ventures funds production scale-up.
Lire le casPersefoni's SEC-rule bet: $180M for carbon accounting as US mandate collapses
Persefoni built an 'ERP for carbon data' betting SEC and EU rules would force companies to buy it; the US rule was stayed, so it pivoted to CSRD and California.
Lire le casGorillas' 10-minute grocery bet: Europe's fastest unicorn, shut down by May 2024
Berlin startup bet 10-minute dark-store delivery would win grocery's last mile: $3B unicorn in 15 months, then a $1.2B Getir takeover and a 2024 shutdown.
Lire le casNothing's design-led phone bet: from Carl Pei's seed to $1.3B valuation and an AI pivot
Carl Pei built Nothing into a $1.3B challenger brand betting design and community can beat Apple and Samsung; $1B+ revenue, AI pivot by 2026.
Lire le casTalkMe bets AI tutors can replace human language classes; PH #1, 1000% YoY growth
Singapore's Inspired AI built TalkMe, an AI-native language app that hit Product Hunt #1 in March 2025, passed 1M learners, and grew 1000% YoY.
Lire le casForm3 bets instant-payment rules force bank infrastructure replacement
London cloud payments firm bets EU instant-payment rules pull banks from legacy; $220M raised; VoP compliance productized.
Lire le casLandspace's reusable bet: orbit in Dec 2025, booster landing by Aug 2026
Zhuque-3 reached orbit in December 2025 but its booster exploded landing; by August 2026 Landspace had landed one upright on legs.
Lire le casGalaxea AI bets on embodied AI, valuation breaks 20 billion yuan
Founded in 2023, Galaxea AI raised 2 billion yuan in B+ round, valuation broke 20 billion yuan.
Lire le casNeurophet bets Alzheimer's drug monitoring needs AI imaging; ₩28B IPO pops 45%
Korean AI brain-imaging firm Neurophet listed on KOSDAQ in July 2025 after ₩672.9B of IPO deposits; shares closed 45% above the ₩14,000 offer on day one.
Lire le casPorter's intra-city trucking bet: $1B unicorn, then first profit on ₹4,306 Cr revenue
Porter bet MSMEs would hail trucks like cabs; a decade of marketplace building ended 2024 at $1B, then FY25 delivered its first net profit.
Lire le casMetaGPT X (Atoms): DeepWisdom's AI-dev-team bet, PH #1, RMB 220M
DeepWisdom turned its 58.8k-star MetaGPT framework into MGX/Atoms, an 'AI dev team' that hit 500k users and $1M ARR in a month and raised ~RMB 220M.
Lire le casGenspark bets AI search is a dead end; pivot to agents hits $250M ARR, $2.6B value
Ex-Baidu execs pivoted Genspark from AI search to an agentic workspace after Manus; $250M ARR in 12 months, $2.6B valuation.
Lire le casNovoNutrients raises $18M to turn CO2 into protein at pilot scale
NovoNutrients bet gas fermentation could turn industrial CO2 and hydrogen into protein for pet food, aquafeed and future human nutrition.
Lire le casGensol: the listed solar EPC star that became its founders' piggybank and blew up
A listed solar contractor and its founders' EV ride-hailing startup shared promoters, cars and loans — until SEBI read the paperwork and both collapsed.
Lire le casDutchie bets cannabis rescheduling opens banking and payments; Schedule III lands
Cannabis commerce platform Dutchie spent millions lobbying for Schedule III; Dec 2025 EO and April 2026 order land, ending 280E — cards still pending.
Lire le casmiHoYo's self-funded Genshin bet: ¥100k loan, no IPO, ¥78B year
Three SJTU roommates grew a ¥100k loan into a ¥78B-a-year game studio — one angel round ever, no IPO, no later funding.
Lire le casEruditus' university-edtech bet: $150M raise at ~$3B while rivals collapsed
Eruditus bet professionals worldwide keep paying for university-branded online courses; profitable in FY24, it raised $150M at ~$3B while other edtechs crashed.
Lire le casBitOasis's regulated-exchange bet: Dubai first mover survives suspension under CoinDCX
MENA's first crypto exchange nearly died when VARA suspended its license in 2023; CoinDCX bought it and a full VASP license followed.
Lire le casVolocopter's eVTOL air-taxi bet ends in insolvency; Wanfeng buys assets for €10M
German eVTOL pioneer filed for insolvency in Dec 2024 without a type certificate; Wanfeng Group bought its assets for €10M in March 2025.
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