Raymond Zhao, the cofounder of Structured AI, thought it was his dream to work in finance. Then he landed a place in Y Combinator's Fall 2025 batch.

Y Combinator has been on the defensive as of late. This past weekend, leaders from the popular accelerator were vocal on X (formerly known as Twitter) in their reaction to a comment made by the CEO of ...

The program is shorter, startups are pushed to build faster, and just about everyone has an AI company. What could go wrong?

Silicon Valley's earliest stage companies are getting a major boost from artificial intelligence. Startup accelerator Y Combinator -- known for backing Airbnb, Dropbox and Stripe -- this week held its ...

YC partner Gustaf Alströmer advises startups to hire only when they are at a breaking point. Hiring should not be seen as a ...

Amid the flood of big-tech layoffs, entry to Y Combinator has become the most competitive it’s ever been. Silicon Valley’s premier business incubator has received 44,000 applications so far this year, ...

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Congratulations. You might not be one of Sam Altman's advisees anytime soon, but you're certainly in good company. Yes, YC has produced unicorns like Twilio, Stripe and Airbnb, but they've also ...

Wonder Studios raised $12M to expand in the US and bring AI tools to Hollywood. Its pitch deck lays out its case to investors ...

Some dropped out of M.I.T., Georgetown and Stanford. Others decided not to go to college. They all say they could not afford to wait to build their own artificial intelligence start-ups. By Natallie ...

Y Combinator continues to change shape under CEO Garry Tan, a founder-turned-investor and online influencer. While Tan and his colleagues have attracted media attention lately for quarrelsome social ...