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2018 has been the year that AR promises came face-to-face with reality. While AppleARKit and GoogleARCore sparked a ravenous response from developers that had grown worried about VRnear-term market and the fate of AR headsets from Microsoft and Magic Leap, little seemed to resonate deeply with consumers.

That realization

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Fifty-nine startups took the stage at Y CombinatorDemo Day 2, and among the highlights were a company that helps developers manage in-app subscriptions; a service that lets you create animojis from real photos; and asurplus medical equipment-reselling platform. Oh… and there was also a company thatdeveloped an

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Earth Class Mail, a company that digitizes your physical mail so you don&t have to go to the mailbox every day, today announced that it has acquired receipt scanning and expense tracking service Shoeboxed.

The reason Earth Class Mail would be interested in Shoeboxed is pretty obvious, given that both companies focus on taking the pain out of

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Nylas, a startup that helps developers integrate email content into applications via an API, announced a $16 million Series B today led by Spark Capital.

Other investors joining in included Slack Fund, Industry Ventures, and ScaleUp along with existing investors 8VC, Great Oaks Capital, Rubicon Venture Capital and John Chambers& personal

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From yeast-grown cannabinoids to project management software to consumer apps looking to gauge opinions on college campuses, a wide variety of spaces was represented on the second day of pitches from Y CombinatorSummer 2018 class.

As we noted yesterday, B2B software and services was the biggest vertical with 30 percent of the 132 startups

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Fintech startup Revolut is launching a new premium card. As the name suggests, subscribing to Revolut Metal gives you a metal card as well as additional perks compared to Revolut Premium.

In addition to the new card and existing premium benefits, you can claim cashback on all spending in the currency of your choice. It can be EUR, USD, BTC or ETH

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