As an investor, I've found that one of the reasons there are fewer female startup founders than male ones is that there are fewer female programmers. So this summer I'm trying an experiment to see...

We have a few changes about YC to share.

CB Insights, a firm that tracks start-ups, analyzed a variety of data to create a list of 50 private companies around the world that are on a path to a $1 billion valuation.

Just a stab at a potential reason (for the attitude in some of the responses).Cause it may be obvious: lack of energy both mentally and physically (and by extension, lack of motivation and…

MySpace inspired a generation of teenagers to learn how to code. We have Dark Mode now, but where did all the glitter go?

We’d like to find more curious, creative people who are doing exciting work in emerging fields and give them an opportunity to start building their network. We’ll bring 120 of those people together…

I’ve observed thousands of founders and thought a lot about what it takes to make a huge amount of money or to create something important. Usually, people start off wanting the former and end up...

A lot of great people joined our team in the last year, and we have four Visiting Partners joining us for the YC Winter 2019 batch. Help us welcome them to YC.

Vinod Khosla is the founder of Khosla Ventures, a firm focused on assisting entrepreneurs to build impactful new energy and technology companies. Previously he was the founding CEO of Sun Microsystems, where he pioneered open systems and commercial RISC processors.

I’m tired of reading about investors and journalists claiming there’s a bubble in tech. I understand that it’s fun to do and easy press, but it’s boring reading. I also understand that it might...

Higher education is a mess. College students spend years learning arcana and quaint academic theories, only to be thrust into the harsh light of the workplace where they are ill-equipped to handle…

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We are changing the standard deal at YC and increasing our investment from $120K to $150K. The $150K investment for 7% will be made on a post-money cap safe. We believe the post-money safe is simpler, making ownership and dilution easier to understand.

We’re excited to announce Early Decision for 2019. Similar to what many colleges allow, we’ll be offering undergrad and graduate students the chance to apply one batch early.

The International 2016 - Main Event Day 6

We messed up and sent acceptance emails to many Startup School applicants who we didn’t previously have a place for. We’ve decided to use this error as an opportunity to try something new: we’re going to let in every company that applied to Startup

OpenAI Five: Goals and Progress

Ooshma Garg, Gobble founder, and Alexis Ohanian, Initialized Capital and Reddit co-founder, discuss bringing Gobble's 15-minute meal kits to Walmart's online service.

I am delighted to announce that Qi Lu is joining YC to launch and run YC China. We are excited for Qi to come onboard as the Founding CEO of YC China and to build a long-term local organization that will combine the best

Two weeks ago we announced Startup School 2018. Our free, online course will kick off in just three weeks, on August 28th. We also let founders know that 100 of the companies that complete the course will receive $10,000 in equity-free funding from YC.

Twitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.

We've trained a human-like robot hand to manipulate physical objects with unprecedented dexterity.

See how generating cards can be as effortless as accepting them.