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style="line-height:1.5rem" class="mr-0.5 max-h-6 text-2xl">+</span></a></div></div></div><div class="mx-[-13px] px-[13px] bg-white "><div class="mx-auto max-w-ycdc-page py-[70px]"><div class="mx-auto mb-12 max-w-xl text-center text-3xl font-medium"><span class="mr-2 inline leading-[45px] text-brand">We help founders</span><span class="inline leading-[45px]">make something people want and the results speak for themselves.</span></div><div class="md:mx-none mx-auto grid max-w-md grid-cols-1 gap-[40px] font-medium xs:grid-cols-2 md:max-w-full md:grid-cols-4"><div class="flex flex-col"><div class="mb-3 border-l-4 border-brand-500 pl-4 text-[18px] xs:min-h-[108px] xs:max-w-[195px]">We help founders at their earliest stages regardless of their age.</div><ul class="ml-5 list-disc"><li class="mt-5"><span class="mr-1 text-linkColor">54%</span><span class="mr-1 ">of YC's billion dollar companies had no revenue when they applied</span></li><li class="mt-5"><span class="mr-1 text-linkColor">52%</span><span class="mr-1 ">of YC's billion dollar company founders were under 28 years old and the oldest founder was in their 50s</span></li><li class="mt-5"><span class="mr-1 text-linkColor">42%</span><span class="mr-1 ">of YC's billion dollar companies applied with only an idea</span></li></ul></div><div class="flex flex-col"><div class="mb-3 border-l-4 border-brand-500 pl-4 text-[18px] xs:min-h-[108px] xs:max-w-[195px]">We improve the success rate of our startups.</div><ul class="ml-5 list-disc"><li class="mt-5"><span class="mr-1 text-linkColor">39%</span><span class="mr-1 ">of YC companies have raised a Series A</span></li><li class="mt-5"><span class="mr-1 text-linkColor">18%</span><span class="mr-1 ">of YC companies are valued at</span><span class="mr-1 text-linkColor">$100M+</span></li><li class="mt-5"><span class="mr-1 text-linkColor">4%</span><span class="mr-1 ">of YC companies have become</span><span class="mr-1 text-linkColor">billion dollar</span><span class="mr-1 ">companies</span></li></ul></div><div class="flex flex-col"><div class="mb-3 border-l-4 border-brand-500 pl-4 text-[18px] xs:min-h-[108px] xs:max-w-[195px]">We give startups a huge fundraising advantage.</div><ul class="ml-5 list-disc"><li class="mt-5"><span class="mr-1 ">YC companies have raised money at</span><span class="mr-1 text-linkColor">2.5x higher valuation</span><span class="mr-1 ">after participating in the program</span></li><li class="mt-5"><span class="mr-1 ">The median YC company raises</span><span class="mr-1 text-linkColor">$1.3M+ at $14M valuation cap</span><span class="mr-1 ">after participating in the program</span></li><li class="mt-5"><span class="mr-1 ">The top 10% of YC companies raise</span><span class="mr-1 text-linkColor">$1.8M+ at $20M valuation cap</span><span class="mr-1 ">after participating in the program</span></li></ul></div><div class="flex flex-col"><div class="mb-3 border-l-4 border-brand-500 pl-4 text-[18px] xs:min-h-[108px] 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text-brand">success</span>.</div><div class="w-full max-w-2xl"><div class="relative h-0 overflow-hidden" style="padding-bottom:56.25%"><iframe title="YouTube embed" class="absolute left-0 top-0 h-full w-full rounded-sm" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EiRnSjcVIqk" frameBorder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture"></iframe></div></div></div></div></div><div class="mx-[-13px] px-[13px] bg-white "><div class="mx-auto max-w-ycdc-page py-[70px]"><div class="flex flex-col items-center"><div class="mb-6 max-w-[650px] text-center text-3xl font-medium leading-[1.5em]"><span>YC is </span><span class="text-brand">run by startup founders </span><span>who have built exactly what they wanted when starting and growing a startup.</span></div><div class="mt-10 grid gap-8 md:grid-cols-2"><div class="rounded-lg bg-beige-light p-6 sm:p-10"><div class="mb-5 h-0 min-h-[120px] w-full rounded-md bg-stone-300 bg-cover pb-[45%] bg-center" style="background-image:url("/vite/assets/most-experienced-partners-DX4ZPbr4.jpg")"></div><div class="text-l mb-3 border-l-4 border-brand pl-1 font-medium leading-4">The most experienced partners</div><div>Each founder is assigned a dedicated group partner who has mentored hundreds of YC companies. They have more data on what it takes to build a successful startup than any other early stage startup advisor. These group partners read applications, interview companies, and mentor startups throughout the batch. You can access them in person, over email, and on Slack.</div></div><div class="rounded-lg bg-beige-light p-6 sm:p-10"><div class="mb-5 h-0 min-h-[120px] w-full rounded-md bg-stone-300 bg-cover pb-[45%] bg-center" style="background-image:url("/vite/assets/investor-network-DsrGWUIM.jpg")"></div><div class="text-l mb-3 border-l-4 border-brand pl-1 font-medium leading-4">Investor network</div><div>YC companies have raised $85 billion dollars from the best investors in the world. Our founders have access to the YC Investor Database which has profiles and reviews for more than 50,000 startup investors.</div></div><div class="rounded-lg bg-beige-light p-6 sm:p-10"><div class="mb-5 h-0 min-h-[120px] w-full rounded-md bg-stone-300 bg-cover pb-[45%] bg-center" style="background-image:url("/vite/assets/private-social-network-DAUtdNFy.jpg")"></div><div class="text-l mb-3 border-l-4 border-brand pl-1 font-medium leading-4">Private social network only for founders</div><div>YC founders get to benefit from the collective wisdom of over 9000 YC alumni. They can access these alums through Bookface, our private social network. We have a forum for asking questions to the community, a founder directory for finding specific people who can provide advice and intros, and a company directory for finding potential customers.</div></div><div class="rounded-lg bg-beige-light p-6 sm:p-10"><div class="mb-5 h-0 min-h-[120px] w-full rounded-md bg-stone-300 bg-cover pb-[45%] bg-center" style="background-image:url("/vite/assets/exclusive-deals-DZOi8DL7.jpg")"></div><div class="text-l mb-3 border-l-4 border-brand pl-1 font-medium leading-4">Exclusive deals</div><div>YC founders have access to over 1000 deals from leading software companies. Every YC company gets free credits or significant discounts on hosting, banking, cap table management, back office, and much more. Companies report these deals to be worth in excess of $500,000.</div></div><div class="rounded-lg bg-beige-light p-6 sm:p-10"><div class="mb-5 h-0 min-h-[120px] w-full rounded-md bg-stone-300 bg-cover pb-[45%] bg-[center_20%]" style="background-image:url("/vite/assets/secret-handbook-BLok8-bB.jpg")"></div><div class="text-l mb-3 border-l-4 border-brand pl-1 font-medium leading-4">The best written advice</div><div>YC founders get to benefit from our collective experience funding 5000 companies across almost 20 years. We have extensive documentation for common questions about fundraising, go to market, sales, product market fit, mental health, hiring, and much more.</div></div><div class="rounded-lg bg-beige-light p-6 sm:p-10"><div class="mb-5 h-0 min-h-[120px] w-full rounded-md bg-stone-300 bg-cover pb-[45%] bg-center" style="background-image:url("/vite/assets/capital-after-batch-DQmLQXDH.jpg")"></div><div class="text-l mb-3 border-l-4 border-brand pl-1 font-medium leading-4">Networks to build your team</div><div>Through<!-- --> <a class="underline" href="https://workatastartup.com">Work at a Startup</a> <!-- -->and<!-- --> <a class="underline" href="https://news.ycombinator.com/jobs">HN</a>, we help our founders hire the small number of early engineers and other team members critical to finding product market fit. At any given time there are 150,000+ candidates searching for jobs at early stage YC companies.</div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="mx-[-13px] px-[13px] bg-beige-light "><div class="mx-auto max-w-ycdc-page py-[70px]"><div class="text-center text-3xl font-medium">We put <span class="text-brand">founders' interests </span>first.</div><div class="mx-auto mb-0 mt-10 mt-8 grid max-w-lg gap-4 sm:my-10 lg:max-w-4xl lg:grid-cols-2"><div><span class="mr-2 inline-block h-2 w-2 rotate-45 rounded-sm bg-brand"></span>We don’t take a board seat.</div><div><span class="mr-2 inline-block h-2 w-2 rotate-45 rounded-sm bg-brand"></span>We don’t demand 20% of your company.</div><div><span class="mr-2 inline-block h-2 w-2 rotate-45 rounded-sm bg-brand"></span>We don’t take weeks/months to decide to invest.</div><div><span class="mr-2 inline-block h-2 w-2 rotate-45 rounded-sm bg-brand"></span>We don’t charge fees.</div><div><span class="mr-2 inline-block h-2 w-2 rotate-45 rounded-sm bg-brand"></span>We don’t require decks, business plans, or MBAs.</div><div><span class="mr-2 inline-block h-2 w-2 rotate-45 rounded-sm bg-brand"></span>We don't tell you what to do. We only offer advice.</div></div><div class="hidden grid-cols-3 gap-3 sm:grid md:gap-6"><div style="background-image:url(/vite/assets/Left-BiSNksVM.jpg)" class="h-0 w-full rounded-md bg-stone-300 bg-cover bg-center pb-[66%]"></div><div style="background-image:url(/vite/assets/Middle-ORNvunn1.jpg)" class="h-0 w-full rounded-md bg-stone-300 bg-cover bg-center pb-[66%]"></div><div style="background-image:url(/vite/assets/Right-CEqBBFo3.jpg)" class="h-0 w-full rounded-md bg-stone-300 bg-cover bg-center pb-[66%]"></div></div></div></div><div class="mx-[-13px] px-[13px] bg-white "><div class="mx-auto max-w-ycdc-page py-[70px]"><div class="flex flex-col items-center justify-center"><div class="mb-12 text-center text-3xl font-medium">Is YC Worth 7%?</div><div class="w-full max-w-2xl"><div class="relative h-0 overflow-hidden" style="padding-bottom:56.25%"><iframe title="YouTube embed" class="absolute left-0 top-0 h-full w-full rounded-sm" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DOez-RwJ7mg" frameBorder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture"></iframe></div></div><div class="mt-8 text-[18px] font-medium"><a class="text-brand" href="http://www.paulgraham.com/equity.html">Learn more</a> <!-- -->about evaluating equity.</div></div></div></div><div class="mx-[-13px] px-[13px] bg-beige-light "><div class="mx-auto max-w-ycdc-page py-[70px]"><div class="mb-10 text-center text-3xl font-medium">Hear more from the community.</div><div class="flex flex-row mb-10"><img src="/vite/assets/marc-andreessen-B6IB5XEE.jpg" alt="Marc Andreessen headshot" class="mr-5 h-[60px] w-[60px] min-w-[60px] rounded-lg bg-beige-light"/><div class="flex flex-col"><div class="text-lg">"<!-- -->Y Combinator is the best program for creating top-end entrepreneurs that has ever existed.<!-- -->"</div><div class="flex flex-row flex-wrap gap-x-2"><div><b>Marc Andreessen</b><span>,</span></div><span>General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz</span></div></div></div><div class="flex flex-row mb-10"><img src="/vite/assets/ron-conway-DahY8Lgh.jpg" alt="Ron Conway headshot" class="mr-5 h-[60px] w-[60px] min-w-[60px] rounded-lg bg-beige-light"/><div class="flex flex-col"><div class="text-lg">"<!-- -->Y Combinator is the best startup accelerator in the world. YC helps their companies a lot, and the YC community is a huge asset for the companies that go through the program.<!-- -->"</div><div class="flex flex-row flex-wrap gap-x-2"><div><b>Ron Conway</b><span>,</span></div><span>Founder, SV Angel</span></div></div></div><div class="flex flex-row mb-10"><img src="/vite/assets/brian-chesky-Dok3kT1b.jpg" alt="Brian Chesky headshot" class="mr-5 h-[60px] w-[60px] min-w-[60px] rounded-lg bg-beige-light"/><div class="flex flex-col"><div class="text-lg">"<!-- -->At YC, we were challenged to do things that don't scale – to start with the perfect experience for one person, then work backwards and scale it to 100 people who love us. 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