Y Combinator
5 statements across 4 episodes · 4 bullish · 0 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jan 3, 2022 by David Rosenthal · said 34 times in 16 episodes since 2021 · across every show →
Mentions by year
brought up most by Alexis Ohanian (8), Chris Sacca (5), Magnus Grimeland (3), Katelin Holloway (3), Ted Seides (2), Seth Ginns (2), David Rosenthal (2), Steve Drobny (1)
tap a year for its mentions
2026 3 mentions in 1 episode
2024 14 mentions in 4 episodes 4 per episode
- Alexis Ohanian – From Reddit to 776, a Technology Company that Deploys Venture Capital (EP.388)
- Magnus Grimeland – Day Zero Investing at Antler (EP.369)
- WTT: Yale Backs Emerging Managers… and Then What?
- Mike Maples Jr. - Identifying Startup Pattern Breakers (EP.406)
- every mention in 2024, scene by scene →
2023 5 mentions in 1 episode
2022 8 mentions in 7 episodes 1 per episode
- David Rosenthal and Ben Gilbert – Acquiring an Industry. Venture is Eating the Investment World 1 (Capital Allocators, EP.229)
- Avichal Garg – Programmer-Centric Crypto Investing at Electric (Manager Meetings, EP.34)
- Steve Drobny – Where the World is Going at Clocktower Group (Manager Meeting, 30)
- Sebastian Mallaby – The Making of the New Future in Venture, Venture is Eating the Investment World 14 (Capital Allocators, EP.245)
- Aydin Senkut – Tenacious Sourcing and Founder Support at Felicis, Venture is Eating the Investment World 6 (Capital Allocators, EP.234)
- Sean O'Sullivan – Start-up Development at SOSV, Venture is Eating the Investment World 3 (Capital Allocators, EP.231)
- Chris Douvos – The LP's Perspective from Ahoy Capital, Venture is Eating the Investment World 2 (Capital Allocators, EP.230)
- every mention in 2022, scene by scene →
2021 4 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
- Crypto for Institutions 3: Seth Ginns – Investing Beyond Bitcoin (Capital Allocators, EP.182)
- Paula Volent – Star Endowment Manager's Next Act at Rockefeller University (Capital Allocators, EP.219)
- Jeff Housenbold – Inside Softbank Vision Fund (Capital Allocators, EP.186)
- every mention in 2021, scene by scene →
Everything said about Y Combinator, oldest first
Jan 3, 2022 positive
Rosenthal: Y Combinator proves early-stage VC scales because founders avoid help
“Well, it turns out there's a whole class of entrepreneurs, a large percentage of them that don't need or want your help. So I would actually push back. I think it actually can scale quite well. Y Combinator's a perfect example of this. They've done thousands a…”
Aug 4, 2022 bullish
Garg: Y Combinator companies will create $500B to $1T in value
“Like, look at Y Combinator. They were giving people 25 to 250,000 dollars, and out of that came Stripe and Airbnb. When you add up all those companies, I think they're probably going to end up creating five hundred billion to a trillion dollars of value.”
Feb 15, 2024 positive
May 27, 2024 positive
Reddit's early $10 million exit helped validate Y Combinator for founders
“This ten million dollar exit was the first really big one for YC, and it helped give a seal of approval that then led to Dropbox supplying, which was the first real billion dollar company, and then that led to Airbnb. Once you did it twice, it really validated…”