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
I've been a huge fan of YC for over a decade. Paul Graham's essays alone are a treasure of information. In addition to being one of the best funds of all time, they are constantly creating great content for entrepreneurs. Our company used their free Safe note templates for pre-seed investors. I've consumed many YT videos and even more blog posts and tweets.
Applied for the co-founder network. Have been wanting to apply for the YC for a long time. Hoping it will happen soon:) The online courses and learning materials on the platform are AMAZING
The best in the business for early stage startups
Knowledge from the strongest advisors in early stage startups
The ultimate resource for founders
I come from a small town called Vasai from Maharashtra, India. I do not have access to genuine wanting-to-help people like those I see YC's videos here, like you would easily have access to in say, Silicon Valley.
YC's videos have always been of great value to me. I just though you, the engineering team, that makes this possible would like to know.
TL;DR: You're creating value thousands of miles away in a small town of India by creating a better platform for YC's treasure trove: the videos.