Like the startup ecosystem itself, accelerators change with time. Techstars has expanded to a network of programs, to pick one example. Y Combinator, perhaps the best-known startup accelerator, has ...

Along with a cadre of other TechCrunch folks, I spent this week extremely focused on one event: Y Combinator. The elite accelerator announced a staggering 377 startups as its Summer 2021 cohort. We ...

YC's fall 2025 wishlist includes startups that focus on cutting government spending, lean teams, AI-native software, and ...

More than 20 companies from the Y Combinator program go through a three-month training program. Wefunder allows everyday people the opportunity to invest in startups. Get a Year of Fast, Actionable ...

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Y Combinator has been on the defensive as of late. This past weekend, leaders from the popular accelerator were vocal on X (formerly known as Twitter) in their reaction to a comment made by the CEO of ...

Twenty-four-year-old Brian Liou was a little nervous. But he had to focus. His turn was next. Liou is the cofounder of Leada, a startup to help businesses train better data analysts, and he had a lot ...

Meet the breakout startups from YC Fall 2025 — the boldest founders and biggest ideas shaping the future of tech.

Mathilde Collin is the CEO and co-founder of Frontapp. This post originally appeared on the Frontapp blog. Four months ago now, we got accepted to the Y-Combinator for our shared inbox solution. We ...

OpenAI’s co-founder Sam Altman is an alumnus who also was the president of Y Combinator in 2019. If you are in your teens or ...

Congratulations. You might not be one of Sam Altman's advisees anytime soon, but you're certainly in good company. Yes, YC has produced unicorns like Twilio, Stripe and Airbnb, but they've also ...

Don’t worry, Y Combinator fans, you’ll be able to write off this entire opinion piece as the disgruntled musings of “a failed startup founder who was never able to get into Y Combinator,” because seen ...