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Y Combinator

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Y Combinator has appeared in 166 articles since 2015-01. Coverage peaked in 2026Q1 with 9 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside TechCrunch, Sam Altman, Garry Tan, Y Combinator's.

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166
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Acceleration
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Coverage Timeline

2017-03-09
The Next Web 7 related

Report: WhatsApp testing chat tools to let businesses talk to customers as a source of revenue, conducting an early trial with a group of Y Combinator companies

WhatsApp has begun testing a system that allows businesses to message consumers directly, according to a report by Reuters.

2017-03-06
Y Combinator 3 related

Y Combinator opens registrations for its free ten-week Startup School online course featuring guest lectures, group office hours, and a Slack community

We're excited to announce our new online Startup School, with classes beginning on April 5.  Anyone can sign up at StartupSchool.org …

2015-07-06
AVC 5 related

A media platform based on blockchain will arrive soon, which unlike Reddit or Twitter can't be policed

The Decentral Authority  —  We've been big fans of Reddit since it was part of the first Y Combinator class ten years ago this summer.  We've watched closely as it emerged as a community powered mostl...

2015-04-04
TechCrunch 3 related

Dropbox Is Testing An Online Note-Taking Service With “Project Composer”

It appears that Dropbox is bringing back HackPad, the collaborative documents service the company acquired a year ago.  The Y Combinator-backed startup had grown to become a popular tool for taking qu...

2015-01-06
TechCrunch 24 related

Facebook Acquires Wit.ai To Help Its Developers With Speech Recognition And Voice Interfaces

Facebook buys IoT speech recognition firm Wit.ai Seth Fiegerman / Mashable : Facebook buys Wit.ai, a speech recognition startup Anu Passary / Tech Times : Facebook Acquires Voice Recognition Firm Wit....

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Quarterly Coverage

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Y Combinator has appeared in 141 Techmeme articles since February 2015. The biggest stories include SVB draws support from 300+ VC firms, including General Catalyst, while 1,200+ founders... and Sources: Pebble CEO Eric Migicovsky to rejoin Y Combinator as partner; Fitbit has sent.... Frequently covered alongside TechCrunch, Sam Altman, Garry Tan, Josh Constine, and Peter Thiel. Coverage has shifted toward consumer, regulation themes and away from developer, safety.

Key Moments

2024Q3safety -33pts; funding +100pts
2024Q4enterprise +100pts; developer +100pts
2025Q2enterprise -100pts; safety +100pts; developer -100pts

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