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Jessica Livingston Livingston at TechCrunch Disrupt in 2014 Born 1971 (age 53–54) Nationality American Alma mater Bucknell University (BA) Occupation(s) Businesswoman, Writer, Venture Capitalist Organization Y Combinator Known for Co-founding Y Combinator, Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days Notable work Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days Spouse Paul Graham ...
Y Combinator interviews and selects two batches of companies per year. The companies receive a total of $500,000 in seed money as well as advice and connections. The $500,000 in funding is made up of $125,000 on a post-money SAFE in return for 7% equity and $375,000 on an uncapped SAFE with a "most favored nation" ("MFN") provision (i.e.: "we get the same best terms you give anyone else in the ...
The following notable startups have completed the Y Combinator Accelerator program. Mike Isaac described Y Combinator as: "Y Combinator accepts batches of start-ups twice a year in a semester-like system and gives them money, advice and access to a vast network of start-up founders and technologists who can advise them." [1]
Y Combinator started doing so in Summer 2022, though its demo days have still been remote. (YC says its next Demo Day will be partially in-person at Pier 70, though presentations will still be online)
Garry Tan (Chinese: 陳嘉興; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Ka-heng; born 1981) is an American venture capitalist and executive who is the CEO of Y Combinator [1] and a founder of Initialized Capital. [2] He previously co-founded Posterous and Posthaven. [3] He was an early employee at Palantir Technologies, and previously a partner at Y Combinator. [4]
In this position, he meets with East Coast applicants, mentors New York YC founders, and is a general representative for the company. [26] He also held the role of part-time partner and full-time partner at Y Combinator before leaving in 2016 to help launch the third Initialized Capital fund with Garry Tan. [27]
The founders said they are on track to deliver “early working missile systems” to their first customers by mid-2025. Ares and Y Combinator did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
In 2016, Calacanis was banned from attending Y Combinator's Demo Day. According to a post on Hacker News by then-president of Y Combinator Sam Altman, the decision to exclude Calacanis was driven by feedback received from YC founders regarding their interactions with him. [35]