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YC Generative AI Co-Founder Meetup

by Catheryn Li12/9/2022

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.

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.

Announcing Startup School 2022

by Jared Friedman5/17/2022

Today, we’re opening up registration for Startup School 2022, a live, online course where YC Group Partners and successful YC founders teach you how to build a billion dollar company.

Startups For Students Guide

by Tamanna Khemani, Kat Mañalac1/18/2022

In the past two years, we’ve met over 6,000 students during our virtual outreach tours. We compiled a list of the questions they most frequently asked about startups, and created this Startups for Students Guide.

Does co-founder matching work? It did for these three YC companies.

by Catheryn Li11/24/2021

Read about how the founders of Seer, Sequin, and Kiwi Biosciences used YC’s co-founder matching platform to complete their founding team.

What do people want in a co-founder?

by Catheryn Li, Katherine Bernstein10/21/2021

YC launched a co-founder matching platform about 3 months ago. There are now 16,000 co-founder profiles on the platform. Potential co-founders have sent 130,000 matching invites through the platform, and, with a 25% acceptance rate, we’ve seen a total of 33,000 matches.

Y Combinator Launches Co-Founder Matching Platform

by Catheryn Li7/6/2021

We’re excited to announce Y Combinator’s co-founder matching platform is now available for everyone through Startup School, our free online program and community for founders. Anyone actively looking for a co-founder can sign up.