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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 ...
Y Combinator released the Simple Agreement for Future Equity ("SAFE") investment instrument as an alternative to convertible debt in late 2013. [4] It was written by Carolynn Levy. This investment vehicle has since become popular in the U.S., Canada, [5] and Israel, due to its simplicity and low transaction costs.
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 ...
Paul Graham, cofounder of Y Combinator, urged moderates to vote for Kamala Harris in an open letter on X, citing character over policy.
The accelerator’s Demo Day was all about A.I. startups—but a couple of other themes emerged.
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)
Daniel Gross is an Israeli-American businessperson who co-founded Cue, led artificial intelligence efforts at Apple, served as a partner at Y Combinator, [1] and is a notable technology investor in companies such as Uber, Instacart, Figma, GitHub, Airtable, Rippling, CoreWeave, Character.ai, Perplexity AI, and others.
In 2018, Y Combinator (YC) established a unit in China known as YC China. It was led by Lu Qi, a former executive who had worked at Microsoft and Baidu. [1] [2]In November 2019 affected by the China–United States trade war, YC announced that it would be closing YC China.