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Tan: 100% of YC companies currently have technical co-founders
“What's happening is that like, you know, a hundred percent of YC companies these days have technical co-founders”
Garry Tan: About 90% of YC batch companies are AI startups
“You know, I think we're about 90% AI and you know, the age of intelligence is here.”
Y Combinator Does Not Avoid Investing in Direct Competitors
“Why sees a mafia? Like they will crown a champion and then they will never do a deal in that space again. And it's kind of like the exact opposite. Totally not true.”
Hays: Y Combinator Found Wealthy Founders Have Higher Success Rates
“I think YC did an analysis on their portfolio
and they found that founders that came from money had a higher likelihood of success”
Coogan: Nvidia and YC-Backed Startup Plans Moon Hotel by 2032
“A new startup backed by Nvidia and Y Combinator is planning to develop the first hotel on the moon by 2032.”
Garry Tan: Y Combinator acceptance rate is down to 0.8 percent
“We're accepting companies at a 0.8% rate right now.”
Coogan: Ginkgo Bioworks went through YC at ~200M valuation
“Giggo Bioworks went through at like, two hundred million valuation.”
Coogan: Six percent of Y Combinator startups become unicorns
“With six percent of YC startups already becoming unicorns, if Gupta can add the value that we think he can, there's no reason he can't add billions to YC's future returns.”
Coogan: YC applications are intended to be unedited one-minute webcam videos
“You're supposed to just turn on the webcam and basically just talk for one minute. That's how you apply to YC. Yeah. You're supposed to just one shot at no editing because they don't want it to turn into, oh, to apply to YC, you spend two weeks doing an edited…”
Garry Tan: YC Spring 2025 batch is 90% AI, 11% hard tech
“Dude, it's like 90% AI. It's about 10% 11% hard tech, which is awesome.”
Palantir, 8VC, and Y Combinator joined the New American Industrial Alliance
“Members include Palantir,
Eight VC, Y Combinator, Hadrian, Allen Control Systems, and many more.”
Hays: Y Combinator hires Ankit Gupta as Winter 2025 visiting partner
“Y Combinator just made a high-profile off-season pickup, bringing in Ankit Gupta as a visiting partner for their winter, 20, 25 batch.”