Y Combinator
Venture Capital · Angel Networks & Startup Accelerators
6,324investments
22deals in 12 months
1open role
886exits
Overview
Y Combinator is a startup accelerator and seed investor that funds large batches of very early companies several times a year. Each batch receives a standard investment, an intensive program of office hours and a Demo Day, and alumni include Airbnb, Stripe, Dropbox, Reddit, Coinbase and DoorDash. It was founded in 2005 by Paul Graham, Jessica Livingston, Robert Morris and Trevor Blackwell and is now based in San Francisco.
Program
AcceleratorInvestments
6,324
3804 of them startups
Hiring now
1,400
23,906 open roles
Deals in 12 months
22
2 as the lead
Rounds in 12 months
259
$25.5B raised
Exits
886
1050 closed
Focusshare of its companies
Artificial Intelligence 36%Software 21%Financial Services 12%Health Care 10%Professional Services 6%Sales & Marketing 5%Cybersecurity 4%Information Technology 4%
Where its companies are
United States 53%United Kingdom 2%India 2%Canada 2%France 1%Germany 1%Mexico 1%Singapore 1%
Stage of its companies
Pre-seed & seed 100%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 6,324 investments
EasolS18 · Series A $28.9M · this month · 6 roles
MinicorX26 · Venture round $3.8M · this month
OpentronsW16 · Series E $40M · this month
Kivo HealthW23 · Series A $10M · this month · 2 roles
InfisicalW23 · Series B $40M · this month · 12 roles
Vera HealthS24 · Series A $28.5M · this month · 7 roles
Agency Tool CompanyS26 · Venture round $8.7M · this month
TractianW21 · Series D $130M · this month · 62 roles
NirvaW21 · Venture round $25M · this month
LegoraW24 · Series E $550M · this month · 316 roles
Altay TherapeuticsW20 · Series A $37M · this month
RampS15 · Venture round $1.9B · this month · 148 roles
Hiring fastestroles opened in 30 days
New in the portfolioadded to its portfolio page in 6 months
Co-investorscompanies they hold together
Soma Capital 
VentureSouq 
FundersClub 
500 Global 
Multimodal Ventures 
Initialized Capital 
Andreessen Horowitz 
Plug and Play 
General Catalyst 
Wayfinder Ventures Similar investorstheir companies share markets and countries
First Round Capital
Techstars
Sequoia Capital
FelicisSources: 56 rounds in the press that name it
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$215k
Typical range
$125k – $275k
Open positions
3
3
Jobs
Junior
66.7%
Middle
33.3%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 2 | $170k | $125k – $215k |
| Middle | 1 | $275k | $275k |
Highest paying role
Hardware Lab Manager
$275k
Normalized to USD per year
Growth
Hiring Momentum
43/100
Stable
Open positions
3
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Sales
67% ▼
Hardware
33% ▲
Activity Timeline
New location: San Francisco
Nov 2026
Added YouTube to stack
Nov 2026
Added Sketch to stack
Nov 2026
Added Figma to stack
Nov 2026
Added Time Series to stack
Oct 2026
Added KDB+ to stack
Oct 2026
Added DuckDB to stack
Oct 2026
Added Delta Lake to stack
Oct 2026
Added ClickHouse to stack
Oct 2026
Added Apache Iceberg to stack
Oct 2026
Added Airflow to stack
Oct 2026
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Y Combinator over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
4
Postings analysed
2
Stack modernity
80/100
Languages
Python
SQL
Cloud & platforms
Figma
Developer tools
Sketch
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News
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Y Combinator's PAC is throwing money at a bunch of Republicans across the country
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AI startup Papaya joins Y Combinator Fall 2026 batch
Papaya, an AI agent optimization startup, joins Y Combinator's Fall 2026 batch with a platform designed to improve quality, cost and latency.
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Sam Altman reflects on governance lessons from Y Combinator for OpenAI
Sam Altman says Y Combinator taught him to govern rather than rule, a philosophy now guiding OpenAI's governance and its decision to skip an IPO
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Y Combinator's Garry Tan says 'do nothing' about distillation as AI giants accuse China of copying their tech
At Y Combinator's annual Demo Day, CEO Garry Tan explained why he's less concerned about frontier AI model distillation and the existential risk of AI.
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
2
Countries
1
Busiest office
San Francisco
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San Francisco
United States
HQ
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 50-200 est. staff $245k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, Sales
New York
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $125k Avg Salary
hires for Sales