Y Combinator

This article is about the company. For the mathematical concept, see Y combinator (mathematics).
Y Combinator Management, LLC
Company typePrivate
IndustryStartup accelerator
FoundedMarch 2005; 19 years ago (2005-03)
FoundersPaul Graham, Jessica Livingston, Robert Tappan Morris, Trevor Blackwell
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
,
United States
Number of locations
2 offices (2014)
Key people
Garry Tan (CEO)
Michael Seibel
Jared Friedman
ProductsVenture capital, investments
Websiteycombinator.com

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] Companies started via Y Combinator include Airbnb, Coinbase, Cruise, DoorDash, Dropbox, Instacart, Reddit, Stripe, Lezzoo, and Twitch.[4]

  1. ^ Jackson, Christopher (August 5, 2012). "Y Combinator's first batch: where are they now?". Archived from the original on November 18, 2017. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  2. ^ "Y Combinator Companies List". Archived from the original on September 30, 2023. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  3. ^ Patel, Nilay (June 8, 2021). "The next generation of startups is remote". The Verge. Archived from the original on July 7, 2021. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
  4. ^ "Y Combinator Top Companies List – 2019". Archived from the original on October 17, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2019.