ACCELERATORS / Y COMBINATOR (YC)

Y Combinator (YC)

The gold standard. $500K for 7%. Changes everything.

Tier AAcceleratorPre-seedSeedAll sectors

LOCATION

San Francisco

REGION

REMOTE

DURATION

3 months

EQUITY

CONTRACT TYPE

SAFE

ACCEPTS INTERNATIONAL

Yes

APPLICATION

Batch

DEADLINE

Multiple per year

COHORT SIZE

200

ACCEPTANCE RATE

INVESTMENT UP TO

$500K

WHAT THE APPLICATION COVERS

Q1Company name

Q2Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.50 characters

Q3What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

Q4Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

Q5Why did you pick this idea to work on? Do you have domain expertise in this area? How do you know people need what you're making?

Q6What's new about what you're making? What substitutes do people currently use because your product doesn't exist?

Q7Who are your competitors, and who might become competitors? Who do you fear most?

Q8How do or will you make money? How much could you make?

Q9How far along are you? Have you built anything yet?

Q10How long have each of you been working on this? Have you been coding continuously since?

Q11What tech stack are you using, or planning to use, to build this product?

Q12Are you looking for a cofounder?

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