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Y Combinator narrows current cohort size by 40%, citing downturn and funding environment

TechCrunch

Y Combinator says it has intentionally shrunk the number of startups within its accelerator for the Summer 2022 batch. Amos said that the economic downturn and changes to the venture funding environment caused YC to reduce the number of companies funded between W22 and S22.

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2021 — YC Year in Review

Y Combinator

In June, I wrote a blog post comparing YC to CRISPR. When a founder is accepted into YC, we modify the startup’s DNA, edit it, to include key alleles that make success more likely. In 2021, many YC founders led their companies to achieve outstanding results, and we are honored to be part of these companies’ history.

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2021 — YC Year in Review

Y Combinator

In June, I wrote a blog post comparing YC to CRISPR. When a founder is accepted into YC, we modify the startup’s DNA, edit it, to include key alleles that make success more likely. Of course, YC itself remained remote during 2021, as did all of our programs. Like most of the world, there were ups and downs.

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