Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Follow YC companies' blog posts launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   New YC List▲109

   A new list of YC startups (S14, W14, S15)

   2015 · newyclist.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Job Collections by AngelList▲178

   Job opportunities from YC companies, female founders, & more

   2015 · wellfound.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Triplebyte: YC Startup List▲184

   A searchable list of YC Startups

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   YCuniverse▲95

   Discover all the YC's insights

   2014 · ycuniverse.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   YC Directory▲397

   Discover YC companies

   2020 · ycombinator.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Venture News▲123

   24 hours of trending links from VCs on Twitter

   2015 · venturenews.co · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Mixergy - The YC Stories▲227

   How YC companies - Airbnb, Dropbox and more - Got Started

   2015 · mixergy.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Follow.net▲123

   Follow everything your competition does online

   2015 · communitypoweredmarketing.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   AcceleratedBy▲89

   Discover the latest startups accelerated by YC and others

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    YC Companies Map▲180

    A map of YC companies around the world. Discover YC startups by city, batch, and industry. Powered by FoundersAround.

    2025 · yc.foundersaround.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    YC Female Founder Doodles▲158

    Doodle notes from YC's Female Founders Conference

    2015 · ffc2015.startupnotes.org · its alternatives →

12. 12NY
    Nail your startup goals like YC▲6

    2022 · ycombinator.june.so · its alternatives →

13. 13
    LookUp YC▲143

    Ask questions and get advice from Y Combinator videos

    2023 · lookup-yc.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Cirqle▲104

    Turn your blog into a shop

    2014 · thecirqle.com · its alternatives →

15. 15PF
    ProductHunt for Blog Posts▲9

    2025 · blogdrop.io · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Weetsale▲88

    Sell your things with a tweet

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Written▲66

    Connecting Brands & Bloggers

    2013 · its alternatives →

18. 18TN
    Track New Twitter Follows by Tech CEOs, Founders, VCs and Executives▲8

    2020 · datakit.app · its alternatives →

19. 19
    The Twenty Minute VC - 81: Weston Gaddy @ Bain Capital Ventures▲62

    Weston discusses making the transition from YC founder to VC

    2015 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Followistic▲72

    Smart email alerts for your (blog) readers

    2015 · vipjet4d.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Founders at Work▲26

    Book of Founders Stories by founder of YC

    2014 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Chrome extension to see if the site you're on belongs to a YC company▲7

    2022 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

23. 23TS
    The "Show HN" Posts of Successful/Popular Companies▲8

    Some interesting posts/comments. Meteor (April 2012) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3824908 Codecademy (August 2011) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2901156 Kimono Labs (Jan 2014) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7066479 Firebase (April 2012) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3832877 Dropbox (April 2007) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863 Watsi (August 2012) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4424081 Heap Analytics (March 2013)…

    2014 · its alternatives →

24. 24DT
    Discover Top Tech Industry Bloggers▲7

    2014 · techstarsdigest.com · its alternatives →

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