Y Combinator
also referred to as: yc
5 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Dec 8, 2020 by Greg Zen · said 6 times in 3 episodes since 2020 · across every show →
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Dec 8, 2020 neutral
Zen: Y Combinator does not offer the right education for $10M businesses
“So with like Y Combinator, yeah, their content and their approach is applicable because they're going for billion dollar companies. And so if you are trying to build a. Ten million dollar company podcast or something like that, they don't have the right educat…”
Aug 4, 2021 positive
Mar 10, 2026 neutral
Omeed Tabiei: YC SAFEs Erased Lawyers From Pre-Seed Funding Rounds
“I think that lawyers have been removed from the angel pre-seed you know, since quite a long time now. You know, for those 250,000 dollar, 500,000 dollar rounds, most founders, when I talk to them, they're like, I don't think I need a lawyer. I just use this Y …”
Mar 10, 2026 negative
Omeed Tabiei: 18-Year-Old YC Founders Faced Backlash Over Open-Source Violations
“There were these founders that had been admitted to Y Combinator. It was like these two 18 year old kids. And essentially they had forked some technology, some AI wrapper essentially, and they didn't read the source licensing for the code. And essentially they…”