Y Combinator

Make something people want.

5.0•31 reviews•

3K followers

Make something people want.

5.0•31 reviews•

3K followers

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Y Combinator is an American seed accelerator launched in March 2005 and was used to launch over 2,000 companies including Dropbox, Airbnb, Stripe, Reddit, Optimizely, Zenefits, Docker, DoorDash, Mixpanel, Heroku.

Y Combinator Reviews

The community submitted 31 reviews to tell us what they like about Y Combinator, what Y Combinator can do better, and more.

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Reviewers mostly see Y Combinator as a practical source of startup advice, templates, and learning materials rather than just a program. Users repeatedly praise its essays, videos, online courses, co-founder network, and SAFE note templates, saying the content is useful even for founders far from major tech hubs. Founder feedback is also strongly positive: the maker of ProblemHunt says YC taught them to build what people need, while makers of HelixDB and RevFirma credit its guidance and ship-fast philosophy.