YC’s Fall Tour 2021
We are excited to kick off our virtual Fall Tour, and below is a list of the cities and schools we are visiting. We’ll host talks with YC Group Partners, Investors, Executives and Alumni who’ve built...
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Amplitude (W12) is going public
Today, Amplitude, which was part of YC’s W12 batch, is going public. Their story of grit, determination, and creativity, is an epic one. Spenser and Curtis first applied to YC in 2011, but their idea,...
View ArticleCome Work at YC – October 2021
YC is hiring across many of our teams, including Admissions, Continuity, Software, People Ops and Finance. Find out more about the open roles here. ADMISSIONS Admissions Officer: Twice a year, Y...
View ArticleGitLab from YC to IPO
We want to congratulate Sid Sijbrandij, Dmitriy Zaporozhets, and the entire GitLab Inc. team on today’s IPO! GitLab Inc., from YC’s Winter 2015 batch, is YC’s first open-source company to go public,...
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Ginkgo Bioworks (S14) is going public today
Ginkgo Bioworks is the first biotech company YC funded, and today they are going public. To celebrate their IPO, here’s the story of how Ginkgo Bioworks ended up in YC, and what their journey was like...
View ArticleAspiring Founders Forum for Women Globally
On November 17, we are hosting our second Aspiring Founders Forum for women who aspire to become a startup founder. The event will be online, and whether you are curious about launching your own...
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Embark Trucks’ (W16) Road to IPO
Today, Embark Trucks, once a startup in YC’s W16 batch, is going public. I remember interviewing Alex, Brandon and their former co-founder Michael in late 2015. Whenever we see such young teams – they...
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Weave (W14) is Going Public
Today, Weave, which was part of YC’s W14 batch, is going public. The founders of Weave, brothers Brandon and Jared Rodman and their good friend Clint Berry didn’t, in all honesty, impress me when I...
View ArticleWelcome Surbhi, Nicolas, Divya, Ashu, and Tom
Every batch, we invite founders and executives to advise YC companies as Visiting Group Partners. These advisors bring valuable insights and recent operational experience to YC’s early-stage companies....
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Does co-founder matching work? It did for these three YC companies.
“Co-founder matching saved my life.” In August of 2021, Christina Czap, co-founder and CEO of Seer (YC W21), found herself badly in need of a technical co-founder. Seer, which raised $2.3M to help...
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