Y Combinator
Make something people want.
Y Combinator is an American seed accelerator launched in March 2005 and was used to launch over 2,000 companies including Dropbox, Airbnb, Stripe, Reddit, Optimizely, Zenefits, Docker, DoorDash, Mixpanel, Heroku.
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YC earns raves for rigorous mentorship, pace, and a founder-first ethos that sharpens focus on users and shipping. Makers of Trace, Ubicloud, and TraceRoot.AI credit the program with transformational guidance and momentum, calling it the best accelerator and a life-changing experience. Broader users praise the community, practical resources like essays, videos, and SAFEs, and a network that empowers rather than hand-holds. A few ask for more support for non-admitted startups. Overall: an elite launchpad with unmatched alumni access, clear frameworks, and durable founder confidence.
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Dalton Caldwell, Gary Tan, and the entire team at Y Combinator are absolute legends. I could not be more grateful for their help and mentorship. There's a reason why it's considered the premier startup incubator in the world.
Thanks to Paul Graham's advice and Y Combinator, I learned to create products that people truly need, and one of them is ProblemHunt. It's hard to put my gratitude into words, but I'm sincerely thankful to you guys. I really hope we can meet in person soon. 🙏
wanted to fill up the 3 shoutout quota lol. yc interviewed me as a pre-product solo founder with conbersa and i took a lot of learnings from that 10 min interview