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YC Generative AI Co-Founder Meetup

YC is excited to announce our first-ever generative AI themed co-founder speed-dating event, happening virtually on Saturday, December 17th at 11am-1pm PST. This is your chance to meet other ambitious and creative individuals who share your passion for using generative AI to drive innovation.

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YC Happy Hour at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference

Join us for a happy hour during the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco on January 10th. If you’re a YC alum, an investor, industry leader, or are interested in starting a bio or healthcare company, we’d love to see you there.

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Surbhi Sarna

11/29/2022

Welcome Diana, Dave, Edrizio, and Umur

Today, we’re excited to welcome Diana Hu as our newest Group Partner and Dave Lieb, Edrizio Delacruz, and Umur Cubukcu, as our newest Visiting Group Partners.

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Aaron Epstein

11/2/2022

How to maintain engineering velocity as you scale

Faire’s engineering team grew from five to over 100 engineers in three years. Throughout this growth, we were able to sustain our pace of engineering execution by adhering to four guiding principles.

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Marcelo Cortes

10/25/2022

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YC Founder Firesides: Mutiny on AI and the next era of company growth

by Y Combinator10/24/2022

YC’s Anu Hariharan sat down with Mutiny co-founder and CEO Jaleh Rezaei to talk about their recent acquisition of Intellipse, an AI marketing platform, as well as how AI will impact the next era of growth.

Learnings of a CEO: Matt Schulman, Pave, on Hiring

by Lindsay Amos10/17/2022

Pave Founder and CEO Matt Schulman has created one of the most comprehensive and thorough recruiting processes, which has made him one of the most successful recruiters in the YC community.

YC ClimateTech Co-Founder Meetup

by Catheryn Li10/14/2022

We’re excited to announce the first YC ClimateTech Co-Founder Meetup. If you’re interested in starting a ClimateTech startup and want to meet other potential co-founders in the space, register to attend by October 25th.

Exclusive access to software deals for employees at YC companies

by Oliver Ortlieb10/6/2022

We are thrilled to announce that employees at YC companies can now leverage one of the major benefits previously only available to YC founders – YC Deals. Through YC Deals, employees have access to more than 100 discounts and exclusive offers on industry leading tools.

First Five Launches with Whatnot

by Y Combinator9/29/2022

Like every startup, the founders of Whatnot began with only an idea. YC’s Anu Hariharan sat down with the co-founder and CEO of Whatnot Grant LaFontaine to discuss their first five launches, and how they helped shape the company into a billion dollar marketplace today.

Women Engineers in Startups: Tess's Story

by Y Combinator9/29/2022

This October, we are hosting our second annual Women Engineers in Startups program. One participant in our first cohort, Tess Huelskamp, accepted a role at Middesk (YC W19). She shared her experience and advice for thinking about joining a startup.