Over the last few batches, visiting partners Jon Xu and Andrew Miklas have become two of the most trusted voices in the YC community. They were both founders in YC’s Summer 2010 batch, and now, 15 years and two industry-shaping companies later, they’re back in a new role: General Partners at YC.
Summer Fellows Grants
by Harj Taggar2/17/2025
This summer, YC will be giving grants to college students to work on their own technical projects. We’re calling these the Summer Fellows Grants. We hope this will encourage the smartest students to indulge their intellectual curiosity and work on hard technical things.
Join us at AI Startup School — June 16-17
by Garry Tan2/12/2025
We're gathering 2,000 of the top CS undergrads, masters, and PhD candidates in AI to hear from speakers including Elon Musk, Satya Nadella, Sam Altman, Andrej Karpathy, Andrew Ng, and many more — the world’s top AI experts and founders who will teach you how to build the future.
Announcing the YC Spring 2025 batch
by Dalton Caldwell1/20/2025
Y Combinator is now running four batches per year: Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall. We completed the first ever fall batch last year, F24, and are proud to announce the first ever spring batch. Applications are now open.
YC Winter 2025 batch applications due by Tuesday, November 12, 2024
by Jared Friedman, Aaron Epstein11/5/2024
To better serve founders given the rapid rate of technological change, YC recently switched from two to four batches per year. The winter 2025 batch will run from January to March, and applications are due on November 12.
Correcting the record for Continue and PearAI
by Garry Tan10/4/2024
YC is at our best when backing founders with an ethos of building for others, including strong open source developers like the founders of Continue and many others.
Join us at Startup School Europe in London - November 23
by Y Combinator10/3/2024
Applications for Startup School Europe are now open!