What is Y Combinator?
[[Image:Y Combinator logo.svg|thumb|200px|Logo]] '''Y Combinator''' is an [[United States|American]] seed money [[Startup company|startup]]. The accelerator invested into 2,000 companies.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Y Combinator Top Companies List|url=https://www.ycombinator.com/topcompanies|access-date=2021-05-14|website=Y Combinator|language=en}}</ref> It is based in [[Mountain View, California]]. == Overview == Y Combinator has been founded in March 2005 by Paul Graham and other investors.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jackson|first=Christopher|date=2012-08-05|title=Y Combinator’s first batch: where are they now?|url=https://thenextweb.com/news/y-combinators-first-batch-where-are-they-now|access-date=2021-05-14|website=TNW {{!}} Insider|language=en}}</ref> The main task is to help different companies develop and find investors. The program consists of weekly dinners, where guests (experts in various industries) are invited to talk to the founders of companies. They can give advice or invest into the startup in exchange for 7% of the company's shares.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Altman|first=Sam|title=The New Deal|url=https://blog.ycombinator.com/the-new-deal/|access-date=2021-05-14|website=Y Combinator|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Here are the 85+ startups that launched at YC’s W19 Demo Day 1|url=https://social.techcrunch.com/2019/03/18/here-are-the-85-startups-that-launched-today-at-y-combinators-w19-demo-day-1/|access-date=2021-05-14|website=TechCrunch|language=en-US}}{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> As of 2019, Y Combinator has invested more than 2,000 companies, including Dropbox, Airbnb, Coinbase, Stripe, [[Reddit]], Instacart, [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]] etc.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The YC Startup Directory|url=https://www.ycombinator.com/companies|access-date=2021-05-14|website=Y Combinator|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Nonprofits {{!}} Y Combinator|url=https://www.ycombinator.com/nonprofits/|access-date=2021-05-14|website=www.ycombinator.com}}</ref> In