{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Tech & Business","provider_url":"https://techandbusiness.org","title":"Y Combinator pivots toward hard tech in Summer 2026 Request for Startups","author_name":"T&B Newswire · Startups, Tech & Business","thumbnail_url":"https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/05/yc-summer-2026-rfs-hard-tech-pivot-1.avif","width":600,"height":400,"html":"<blockquote class=\"tb-newswire-embed\" style=\"max-width:600px;border-left:3px solid #22d3ee;padding:12px 16px;margin:0;font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,sans-serif;background:#09090b;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;\">\n      <p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:10px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.1em;color:#71717a;text-transform:uppercase;\">T&B NEWSWIRE · Startups, Tech & Business</p>\n      <p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:18px;font-weight:700;line-height:1.3;color:#fff;\"><a href=\"https://techandbusiness.org/newswire/p4qN48LIhvFeJGFxNp8I1n\" style=\"color:#fff;text-decoration:none;\">Y Combinator pivots toward hard tech in Summer 2026 Request for Startups</a></p>\n      <p style=\"margin:0;font-size:14px;color:#a1a1aa;line-height:1.5;\">Y Combinator published its Summer 2026 Request for Startups in late April, listing 15 categories of companies the accelerator wants to fund. Eight of them require capital, hardware, or both, marking t...</p>\n    </blockquote>"}