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Olive

Curated stories, every day

Y CombinatorWinter 2025ActiveB2BRecruiting and TalentProductivityTeam CollaborationAI

What they do

Problem

People struggle to find high-quality, relevant stories to read each day amid information overload.

Solution

A curated daily storytelling product that selects and presents stories to users.

Who it's for

Readers who want curated daily content.

Founders

Bardia Safari

Founder

CEO of Olive. Previously built Fundsy—financial services (cards, payments, donations) platform for nonprofit fiscal sponsorship & operations. Former intern at Amazon (worked on internal HR tool) and JuiceMind (collaborative coding education product for schools). ex-Stanford.

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Shrey Gupta

Founder

CTO of Olive. Previously built internal tools used to service over 400,000 cardholders/year at Capital One. Also was a SWE intern at Campsite (workplace communication startup acq'd by Notion) and NASA (satellite data infra org). Co-founded Fundsy in 2020, helping people start and fundraise for grassroots community projects. UC Davis CS dropout.

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