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YC

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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
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-66.7%
growth rate
Acceleration
-0.333
velocity change
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27
publications

Coverage Timeline

2026-10-12
Fierce Healthcare 6 related

Vitalize, an AI platform that helps hospitals manage labor and capacity in real time, raised a $31M Series A led by Oak HC/FT, with YC and others participating

Hospital staffing and scheduling is unglamorous, complex and tedious work, and Veeraj Shah, co-founder and CEO of startup Vitalize …

2026-09-22
Axios 6 related

Belgium-based AI recruitment startup Spott raised a $21M Series A led by Balderton, with Base10, YC, and Fortino participating, taking its total funding to $24M

Spott, a recruitment management platform, raised a $21 million Series A led by Balderton Capital, CEO Lander Degreve tells Axios Pro exclusively.

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 …

2026-05-26
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 …

2026-05-20
2026-05-18
2026-05-05
Daring Fireball 3 related

Source: YC owns ~0.6% of OpenAI, which was seeded by a YC offshoot called YC Research in 2016; at OpenAI's current $852B valuation, the stake is worth $5B+

Speaking of companies with valuable minority stakes in AI companies, there's one thing that stuck in my craw about the blockbuster …

2026-04-02
2026-02-02
Wall Street Journal

How Kontigo, a crypto startup from YC S24 that raised $20M+, helped move money in and out of Venezuela and now faces bank and payment network service cutoffs

Cryptocurrency fintech Kontigo, which recently raised $20 million from Coinbase and others, is under fire for its role in helping Venezuelans avoid sanctions

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Quarterly Coverage

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Narrative

YC has appeared in 173 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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