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Buchheit: Y Combinator started OpenAI in 2015
“And so actually a lot of people don't know, we started OpenAI at Y Combinator 10 years ago in 2015.”
Calacanis: Only three YC top 50 companies post-date 2020
“Out of the 50 companies featured, only three are from the classes after 20 20, most of them being from the early 20 10 tens.”
Altman: Results from five-year YC UBI study will be published soon
“Our results in that come out very soon. I just, it was a five-year study that wrapped up or started five years ago.”
Chamath: Y Combinator's unicorn hit rate is 6%
“I think the Y Combinator unicorn hit rate is six percent, right? So every hundred companies that come out of YC, which costs only about ten million dollars to seed. Right? Six of them become worth a billion dollars or more, and obviously some become worth much…”