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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
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
Y Combinator Wants More AI Startups — But in Specific Categories
Y Combinator has declared 2025 the "year of AI agents" and is actively recruiting startups that align with this vision for its summer batch. Under the leadership of CEO Garry Tan, the
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Vikas Acharya
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Y Combinator just shared the startups they want to invest in for summer 2025.
The big theme is AI that turns 40-hour jobs into 40-minute tasks.
Paul Graham (Co-founder, Y Combinator)
"The way to get startup ideas is not to try to think of startup ideas. It's to look for problems, preferably problems you have yourself."
The best startup ideas come from solving real problems, not just brain
Starting a startup is extremely challenging, requiring founders to be resilient. It's not just about being overly optimistic or pessimistic; it's a spectrum that demands a unique blend of determination and adaptability. ~ CEO Y Combinator
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Keval Sondarva
Building Passdn | ON... • 1y
Some of the most underrated lessons I learnt from Y Combinator
- Make something people want
- Talk to your customers everyday
- Build MVP and go to Market ASAP
Share 1-2 lessons from your journey in the comments
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?