Hacker News with Generative AI: Y Combinator

Show HN: Make your YC application stand out (Spring 2025 edition) (ycscore.com)
Don't let stupid mistakes kill your YC Spring 2025 dreams. Get partner-informed scoring and feedback for your application.

Y Combinator, Startups, Applications, Funding, Advice

13 points by dshayan 14 days ago | 12 comments

Converge (YC S23) will review your YC application before you submit (ycombinator.com)
Converge (YC S23) will review your YC application before you submit

Startups, Y Combinator, Funding, Advice, Application Process

24 points by janhenr 17 days ago | 25 comments

Ask HN: Are YC startups *actually* hiring? (ycombinator.com)
Having applied to 20-30 YC startups without any meaningful replies and I’m wondering, are YC startups actually hiring?

Hiring, Startups, Y Combinator, Tech Industry

108 points by logotype 23 days ago | 136 comments

YC Graveyard: 821 inactive Y Combinator startups (iamwillwang.com)

Y Combinator, Startups, Data Analysis, Business

384 points by memalign 26 days ago | 231 comments

Ask HN: Where do I find a list of inactive YC companies (ycombinator.com)
Hi HN, I'm doing some research on startup failure patterns and am particularly interested in analyzing YC companies that are no longer active.

Startups, Research, Business, Y Combinator, Failure

5 points by abri 26 days ago | 4 comments

Ask HN: Are you applying to the YC Spring 2025 batch? (ycombinator.com)
We’re hosting a meetup in SF for founders applying to the first-ever spring batch

Startups, Y Combinator, Events, Networking

5 points by miletus 30 days ago | 0 comments

YC X25, the spring 2025 batch (ycombinator.com)
Y Combinator is now running four batches per year: Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall. We completed the first ever fall batch last year, F24, and are proud to announce the first ever spring batch, which we are abbreviating as X25.

Y Combinator, Startups, Funding, Accelerators

70 points by todsacerdoti 31 days ago | 44 comments

I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney, who does work for YC and startups. AMA (ycombinator.com)
I'll be here for the next 3 hours and then again at around 4 pm EST for another 3 hours. As usual, there are many possible topics and I'll be guided by whatever you're concerned with but as much as possible - because we've received so many questions about this the past few months - I'd like to focus on the impact of the new administration on U.S. immigration law and policy.

Immigration Law, Startups, Legal Advice, U.S. Politics, Y Combinator

370 points by proberts 31 days ago | 377 comments

Astral AI startup demos how to flood the Y Combinator subreddit (twitter.com)

Startup, AI, Y Combinator, Reddit

9 points by qingcharles 40 days ago | 4 comments

Show HN: A self hostable forum like news.Y Combinator.com (lfx.lol)
Feel free to play around with this site, create an account, and make posts!

Self Hosting, Forums, Y Combinator, Web Development

18 points by dev2point0 41 days ago | 4 comments

Show HN: Map of YC Startups (vercel.app)
YC Companies Landscape — made by Mike Alche | mikealche.com | My Twitter

Startups, Y Combinator, Mapping, Data Visualization

104 points by yoouareperfect 57 days ago | 46 comments

What accounting software do Y Combinator and Hacker News suggest? (ycombinator.com)
Anything for a startup, other than Quickbooks?

Startup Accounting, Software, Y Combinator, Hacker News

7 points by mgav 58 days ago | 13 comments

Launch HN: Innate (YC F24) – Home robots as easy to program as AI agents (ycombinator.com)

Robotics, Programming, Artificial Intelligence, Startups, Y Combinator

165 points by apeytavin 64 days ago | 76 comments

Y Combinator's 2024 year in review (twitter.com)

Y Combinator, Venture Capital, Startups, 2024

14 points by benjlang 67 days ago | 0 comments

Launch HN: Azalea Robotics (YC S24) – Baggage-handling robots for airports (ycombinator.com)
Hey HN! We’re David and John B, cofounders of Azalea Robotics (https://www.azalearobotics.com). We build robots to handle passenger baggage in airports.

Robotics, Airports, Startups, Y Combinator

132 points by dmillard 71 days ago | 80 comments

Y Combinator and Power in Silicon Valley (commoncog.com)
On September 10, 2010, AdGrok founder Antonio Garcia-Martinez was hanging out at co-founder Argyris Zymnis’s San Francisco apartment when he received a call from Rodger Cole.

Y Combinator, Silicon Valley, Venture Capital, Startups

300 points by nsoonhui 79 days ago | 164 comments

Y Combinator often backs startups that duplicate other YC companies, data shows (techcrunch.com)
The Silicon Valley dream is to build a tech startup that is such a unique idea it alters the commercial universe and turns its founders into billionaires. Participating in the Valley’s most famed startup factory, Y Combinator, is often part of that dream. Airbnb, Coinbase, and Stripe all got started there.

Startups, Venture Capital, Y Combinator, Data Analysis

389 points by isaacfrond 86 days ago | 204 comments

Guide to applying to YC – from a founder who was accepted on the third try (notion.site)

Startups, Y Combinator, Entrepreneurship, Advice

76 points by rebryk 114 days ago | 58 comments

Launch HN: Skyvern (YC S23) – open-source AI agent for browser automations (github.com/Skyvern-AI)
Hey HN, we’re Suchintan and Shu from Skyvern (https://www.skyvern.com). We’re building an open source tool to help companies automate browser-based workflows using LLMs.

Open Source, AI, Automation, Browser Automation, Y Combinator

327 points by suchintan 119 days ago | 74 comments

Everything We Teach at Y Combinator in 10 Minutes (youtube.com)

Startup Advice, Entrepreneurship, Y Combinator

12 points by bear_with_me 124 days ago | 0 comments

I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA (ycombinator.com)
I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney, who does work for YC and startups. AMA.

Immigration Law, Startups, Y Combinator

245 points by proberts 126 days ago | 385 comments

Everything We Teach at Y Combinator in 10 Minutes [video] (youtube.com)

Y Combinator, Startups, Business, Education, Video

6 points by lisper 128 days ago | 0 comments

The AI startup drama that's damaging Y Combinator's reputation (indiehackers.com)

Artificial Intelligence, Startups, Y Combinator, Business

85 points by olalonde 141 days ago | 51 comments

Launch HN: Quetzal (YC S24) – Stripe for Internationalization (ycombinator.com)
Hi hackers, John and Brendan here from Quetzal (https://getquetzal.com) We’re trying to make it as easy as possible to translate software into other languages using LLMs.

Internationalization, Software, Startups, Y Combinator

48 points by jthompson4004 142 days ago | 37 comments

YC criticized for backing AI startup that simply cloned another AI startup (techcrunch.com)
A Y Combinator startup named PearAI launched with an X post thread and YouTube video on Saturday and created immediate controversy. And some of that is splashing onto YC itself.

Artificial Intelligence, Startups, Y Combinator, Controversy

333 points by blinding-streak 142 days ago | 259 comments

Ask HN: Why doesn't YC comply with GDPR? (ycombinator.com)
I've noticed that YC sites (main website, Hacker News) don't seem to be GDPR compliant. For example, there are tracking cookies without consent dialogs, and no option to delete accounts on HN.

Privacy, GDPR, Y Combinator, Hacker News

13 points by RIMR 143 days ago | 15 comments

Y Combinator Traded Prestige for Growth (unfashionable.blog)
Y Combinator is arguably the most successful early-stage VC fund or accelerator ever. The issue, however, is that they never truly grasped the factors behind their success, which is why YC's peak is already behind them—it’s likely all downhill from here.

Venture Capital, Startups, Y Combinator, Growth, Business

546 points by SvenSchnieders 143 days ago | 248 comments

PearAI (YC F24) forks OS repo and rebrands it with mass-replacing references (twitter.com)

Open Source, Y Combinator, AI, Software

41 points by jackienotchan 144 days ago | 3 comments

Launch HN: Modern Realty (YC S24) – AI Real Estate Agent for Home Buyers (ycombinator.com)
Hey HN! We're Raymond Xu and Raffi Isanians, the team behind Modern Realty (https://modernrealty.io). Modern Realty is an AI-powered real estate buying experience that helps you purchase homes without relying on a traditional realtor.

Artificial Intelligence, Real Estate, Startups, Technology, Y Combinator

153 points by greenfish6 149 days ago | 305 comments

Y Combinator is predicated on startups that require low capitalization (twitter.com)

Startup Funding, Venture Capital, Y Combinator

177 points by Apocryphon 157 days ago | 114 comments