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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, LLC (YC) is an American technology startup accelerator and venture capital firm launched in March 2005 [1] which has been used to launch more than 4,000 companies. [2] The accelerator program started in Boston and Mountain View , expanded to San Francisco in 2019, and was entirely online during the COVID-19 pandemic. [ 3 ]
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 ...
In 2017, at age 34, Armstrong was ranked #10 on Fortune 's 40 under 40 list. [27] In 2019, Armstrong was named to Time magazine's 100 Next list. [28] In 2024, Forbes named Armstrong #2 on its Crypto Rich List, with an estimated net worth of $11.2 billion. [29] He was also listed 145th on the Forbes 400 list of the richest people in America.
In 2008, Michael Seibel was a key mentor to the co-founders of Airbnb and recommended them to Y Combinator. [10] [11] In 2013 he became a part-time partner at Y Combinator and joined Y Combinator as its first African-American partner in October 2014. [12] [13] He became CEO of the Y Combinator Startup Accelerator in 2016. [14]
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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]
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. [2] [3] [4]