Y combinator is a 600 billion dollar startup school also known as silicon valley if your idea got selected there you will be great co like openAi, coinbase, Airbnb are the startups from Ycombinater
Y Combinator has invested in over 5000 startups with a total valuation of $600 billion.
Out of these, just 4 companies—Stripe, Airbnb, Coinbase, and DoorDash accounts for ~$300 billion of the valuation.
Fascinating, isn’t it?
Has anyone here ever been selected by Y Combinator?
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Vaibhav Babruwan Shingde
Student • 1y
Title : The Y Combinator -> Turning Startups into Unicorns🚀🦄
• Y Combinator has a big impact on startups
• Its alumni includes famous tech companies like:
• Airbnb
• Dropbox
• Stripe
• Coinbase
• Zepto
• Razorpay
• Reddit
YouTube algorithm started recommending me videos from 6+ years ago with folks from OpenAI.
Just realized that Sam Altman back then was President of Y Combinator and Co-Chairman of OpenAI.
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list of the top 10 Y Combinator startups
Airbnb - Marketplace for renting homes or booking stays.
Stripe - Payment processing for online businesses.
Dropbox - Cloud storage for file sharing.
DoorDash - Food delivery from local restaurants.
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Sam Altman (CEO, OpenAI & Former Y Combinator President)
"The best ideas are fragile early on. They seem like bad ideas but have some kernel of truth that most people don’t see."
Many great startups initially look like bad ideas—trust your vision
