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Hariharan: YC Has Around 4,000 Companies and Over 8,500 Alumni

Anu Hariharan · Arena Show Part I: Idea Dinner + YC Continuity · Acquired · May 12, 2022 · at 52:20

Anu Hariharan, Managing Partner at YC Continuity, describes the scale of Y Combinator's network and communication channels.

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“We have around 4000 companies and more than 8500 alumni.”

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Y Combinator has around 4,000 portfolio companies and more than 8,500 alumni.

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Assessment

As of May 2022, both legs of the statement were accurate. Official Y Combinator cohort disclosures show that following the completion of the Winter 2022 batch in March 2022, cumulative funded startups reached between 3,600 and 4,000 companies, matching the approximate figure of 'around 4,000 companies' (and reaching 'over 4,000 startups' by August 2022). With an established average of 2.0 to 2.2 founders per startup, YC's founder alumni network (tracked via Bookface) stood between 8,500 and 9,000+ active founders by mid-2022, satisfying 'more than 8,500 alumni'.

YC cumulative batch data through the Winter 2022 cohort (414 startups) brought total funded companies to roughly 3,600 to 4,000 by spring 2022, officially crossing 4,000 by August 2022.
YC internal network and directory metrics from 2022 recorded between 8,500 and 9,000+ founder alumni, consistent with YC's historical founder-to-company ratio of over 2.0.

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