Using the Golden Research Engine to Query the Y Combinator S19 Batch (opens in new tab)

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63 pointsjudegomila6y ago12 comments

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TekMol6y ago

The batch looks like it's full of established companies with polished products and big clients.

Wasn't YC about funding people before they even have a product?

pgt6y ago

Now that YC has deal flow from more established companies, it no longer needs to take the same kind of risk.

w1ntermute6y ago

Also, it’s gotten substantially easier for a team of 1-2 to build a polished product on a shoestring budget than it was when YC originally started.

The claims of big customers are likely mostly exaggerated—product-market fit is as difficult to achieve as ever.

nraford6y ago

How is this different from AirTable or any other of the dozen of online spreadsheet tools? Just looks like an auto-aggregated table.

Serious question: Where's the "research" here? Sorry, not trying to be antagonistic, just not seeing what's new here.

andrewstuart6y ago

YC is really operating at scale now!!

glennon6y ago

Thanks, Jude! From a quick scan, it seems there are quite a few companies in direct competition--particularly in: 1) incoming sharing education, 2) bespoke computer processors, 3) medical billing, and 4) recruiting software.

tylermenezes6y ago

Good observation! I don't think any of the ISA companies were direct competitors, but the number of companies that planned to earn revenue with ISAs this batch was super interesting to me.

glennon6y ago

In this batch, Juno College of Technology and Microverse both teach coding using income sharing agreements. Of course, from previous batches, Lambda School and Modern Labor are coding schools that charge via income sharing.

anirudhmurali6y ago

off-topic, @glennon, I remember you compiled a list of all YC companies under github/investor-school before their official launches on demo days. Was expecting similar for YC S19. Not doing it this time?

lend0006y ago

Where are you seeing the YC companies building computer processors?

glennon6y ago

Tensil.ai and Vorticity.xyz. If they are not both on Golden's list (I'm on mobile right now so cannot easily check), they can be found on YC's companies page. Ycombinator.com/companies

Kpourdeilami6y ago

This is one that I came across in that list: https://www.tensil.ai/ there are probably more judging by parent comment

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12 comments

TekMol6y ago

The batch looks like it's full of established companies with polished products and big clients.

Wasn't YC about funding people before they even have a product?

pgt6y ago

Now that YC has deal flow from more established companies, it no longer needs to take the same kind of risk.

w1ntermute6y ago

Also, it’s gotten substantially easier for a team of 1-2 to build a polished product on a shoestring budget than it was when YC originally started.

The claims of big customers are likely mostly exaggerated—product-market fit is as difficult to achieve as ever.

nraford6y ago

How is this different from AirTable or any other of the dozen of online spreadsheet tools? Just looks like an auto-aggregated table.

Serious question: Where's the "research" here? Sorry, not trying to be antagonistic, just not seeing what's new here.

andrewstuart6y ago

YC is really operating at scale now!!

glennon6y ago

tylermenezes6y ago

Good observation! I don't think any of the ISA companies were direct competitors, but the number of companies that planned to earn revenue with ISAs this batch was super interesting to me.

glennon6y ago

anirudhmurali6y ago

lend0006y ago

Where are you seeing the YC companies building computer processors?

glennon6y ago

Tensil.ai and Vorticity.xyz. If they are not both on Golden's list (I'm on mobile right now so cannot easily check), they can be found on YC's companies page. Ycombinator.com/companies

Kpourdeilami6y ago

This is one that I came across in that list: https://www.tensil.ai/ there are probably more judging by parent comment

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