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Y Combinator is a Silicon Valley startup accelerator that provides seed funding, mentorship, and a founder network to early-stage companies in exchange for equity.
Founded 2005San Francisco, California
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Coverage Timeline
newest first- Aug 11, 2026IPORobinhood's YC-Linked Retail Fund Nears NYSE Debut→
- Aug 5, 2026IPORobinhood Lists a Fund That Buys Y Combinator Stakes$200M target raise→
- Aug 5, 2026FUNDINGRobinhood Lets Retail Investors Back Y Combinator StartupsUp to $200M fund→
- Aug 5, 2026FUNDINGRobinhood Opens Y Combinator Startups to RetailUp to $200M raise→
- Aug 3, 2026AIYC's Open-Sourced Agent Tool Rethinks Who the User Is→
- Jul 31, 2026AIY Combinator Open-Sources Its Internal AI Agent Tool→
- Jul 24, 2026FUNDINGGeneral Catalyst Overtakes Y Combinator in Fintech Deal Count→
- Jul 8, 2026FUNDINGGeneral Catalyst, YC, a16z Top Active US Investor Ranks39 deals (General Catalyst, Q2)→
- Jun 18, 2026FUNDINGVCs Name the 11 Standout Startups From YC's Latest Demo Day11 standouts→
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IPO
Robinhood's YC-Linked Retail Fund Nears NYSE Debut
Robinhood Ventures Fund II, a closed-end fund giving retail investors exposure to 80 early-stage startups linked to Y Combinator, closes its share-request window August 12 ahead of a planned NYSE debut at $25 a share on August 13.
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Robinhood Lists a Fund That Buys Y Combinator Stakes
IPO$200M target raise
Robinhood Lists a Fund That Buys Y Combinator Stakes
Robinhood Ventures Fund II is set to list publicly on August 13 at $25 a share, aiming to raise $200M so retail investors can indirectly back roughly 80 Y Combinator-linked private companies -- while paying Robinhood 2% and 20% carry.
FUNDING
Robinhood Lets Retail Investors Back Y Combinator Startups
FUNDINGUp to $200M fund
Robinhood Lets Retail Investors Back Y Combinator Startups
Robinhood is listing a publicly tradable fund that invests in current and former Y Combinator startups, opening up to $200M of early-stage venture exposure to any retail investor for the first time.
FUNDING
Robinhood Opens Y Combinator Startups to Retail
FUNDINGUp to $200M raise
Robinhood Opens Y Combinator Startups to Retail
Robinhood's second closed-end venture fund, set to list publicly on August 13 at $25/share, will let any retail investor buy exposure to Y Combinator startups for the first time.
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YC's Open-Sourced Agent Tool Rethinks Who the User Is
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YC's Open-Sourced Agent Tool Rethinks Who the User Is
Y Combinator open-sourcing QM, the multiplayer AI agent harness it built to run its own accounting, legal, events and engineering work, is a bet that the real unlock in agent tooling is coordinating a whole company, not another personal chatbot.
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Y Combinator Open-Sources Its Internal AI Agent Tool
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Y Combinator Open-Sources Its Internal AI Agent Tool
Y Combinator open-sourced QM, the multiplayer AI agent harness it built to run its own accounting, legal, events and engineering work, giving any startup a free blueprint for company-wide agent deployment.
FUNDING
General Catalyst Overtakes Y Combinator in Fintech Deal Count
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General Catalyst Overtakes Y Combinator in Fintech Deal Count
General Catalyst has pulled ahead of Y Combinator as the most active lead investor in fintech rounds of $5 million or more, ending YC's long run atop the category.
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General Catalyst, YC, a16z Top Active US Investor Ranks
FUNDING39 deals (General Catalyst, Q2)
General Catalyst, YC, a16z Top Active US Investor Ranks
General Catalyst, Y Combinator and Andreessen Horowitz were Q2 2026's most active US investors, with over two-thirds of their deals going into AI startups, according to Crunchbase data.
FUNDING
VCs Name the 11 Standout Startups From YC's Latest Demo Day
FUNDING11 standouts
VCs Name the 11 Standout Startups From YC's Latest Demo Day
Investors crowning the breakout companies from Y Combinator's latest Demo Day overwhelmingly pointed to AI agents, applied-AI verticals and developer infrastructure -- a snapshot of where the smartest early money thinks the next wave is forming. The list doubles as a read on what the seed market will chase for the next year.