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YC

17 articles decelerating

YC has appeared in 17 articles since 2010-11. Coverage peaked in 2026Q2 with 9 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Y Combinator, AI, Paul Graham, Sam Altman.

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17
mentions
Velocity
-44.4%
growth rate
Acceleration
-1.244
velocity change
Sources
25
publications

Coverage Timeline

2026-09-11
Bloomberg

Only 4% of the startups in YC's 2026 spring batch had a native mobile app as their main product, down from 15% in 2013, as startups focus on AI and agents

2026-09-02
Forbes 2 related

Sources: AfterQuery, which sells complex reasoning data vetted by humans to AI labs, has hit a valuation of $3.2B, up from $300M in April, and is profitable

Twenty three year-old Spencer Mateega pivoted his YC startup into the fastest unicorn in the accelerator's history, fueling …

2026-09-01
Forbes 1 related

Sources: AfterQuery, which sells coding and finance training data to AI labs, has hit a valuation of $3.2B, up from $300M in April, and is profitable

Twenty three year-old Spencer Mateega pivoted his YC startup into the fastest unicorn in the accelerator's history, fueling …

2026-07-14
Business Insider 6 related

Anthropic hires Tom Blomfield, a Monzo co-founder and one of the biggest names in UK tech, to join its compute team; he is taking a leave of absence from YC

2026-07-13
Business Insider 6 related

Anthropic hires Tom Blomfield, a Monzo co-founder and one of the biggest names in UK tech, to join its compute team; he is taking a leave of absence from YC

The AI talent wars aren't letting up — and neither is Anthropic's big-name hiring spree.  —  The AI startup has hired Tom Blomfield …

2026-06-23
Wall Street Journal

How Sam Altman's 80+ personal investments, many from his time running YC, benefit from ties to OpenAI; 10+ companies have discussed business deals with OpenAI

OpenAI CEO's holdings in Helion and other companies have seen significant upswings since the AI giant explored or sealed tie-ups with Altman-linked startups

2026-05-27
Wired

How AI startups like Altur are using chatbots to help automate debt collection; YC incubated six debt collection and settlement startups in the past six years

TechCrunch 5 related

Human Archive, which trains robots using first-person video from 1,000+ camera-equipped caps worn by Indian home services workers, raised $8.2M from YC and more

2026-05-26
TechCrunch 6 related

Human Archive, which trains robots using first-person video from 1,000+ camera-equipped caps worn by Indian home services workers, raised $8.2M from YC and more

In the last few years, India's online food delivery market has grown significantly, with both Zomato and Swiggy going public …

Wired

How AI startups like Altur are using chatbots to help automate debt collection; YC incubated six debt collection and settlement startups in the past six years

There's a mad dash to automate the world's most hated calls.  Have an unpaid bill?  You'll hear from an AI debt collector sometime soon.

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Quarterly Coverage

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Narrative

YC has appeared in 169 tech news articles since August 2010. The biggest stories include YC's Paul Graham: The Complete Interview and Google Acquires YC-Backed Flutter, A Gesture Recognition Technology Startup. Frequently covered alongside Y Combinator, TechCrunch, Sam Altman, Garry Tan, and Paul Graham. Coverage has shifted toward funding themes and away from safety, regulation.

Key Moments

2024Q2enterprise +11pts; safety +33pts; developer -25pts
2024Q4enterprise -11pts; safety -8pts; developer +25pts
2025Q1enterprise +25pts; safety -25pts; consumer -50pts

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