Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Map of YC Startups
Hey Everybody! Hope you had a merry christmas Today I had a bit of fun with Claude. Started by scraping YC's startups list, then ran them through OpenAI's embedding service, then UMAP'd the embedding to reduce the dimension to just two coordinates and then just forced Claude to write React that would compile to visualize that. I had fun and I think it's interesting, so take a look! Also note that you won't be able to zoom on mobile (found about this Plotly limitation way too late). If there's interest I can fix this issue by changing plotting libs tomorrow :) Merry christmas
Map of YC Startups is an interactive visualization that plots Y Combinator's startup portfolio on a two-dimensional map. It uses machine learning embeddings and dimensionality reduction to group similar companies based… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites. Map of YC Startups launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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YC Companies Map▲180A map of YC companies around the world. Discover YC startups by city, batch, and industry. Powered by FoundersAround.
2025 · yc.foundersaround.com · its alternatives →
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Everything you ever wanted to know about YC companies
2018 · ycdb.co · its alternatives →
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The definitive database of YC companies with all the metrics
2017 · ycdb.co · its alternatives →
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YC Library▲810The new hub for YC's startup videos, essays, podcasts & more
2023 · ycombinator.com · its alternatives →
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YC World▲396Explore Y Combinator companies by country
2017 · world.ycombinator.com · its alternatives →
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Explore the YC Startup Directory through a map visualization
2025 · ycstartupmap.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I built this tool that maps out every YC company worldwide. You can zoom into cities, explore clusters, and click to see details like batch, location, and website. Why I made it? I thought it’d be fun to visualise it, using the same infrastructure I already use in my other project: FoundersAround Some things I’m still improving: • Improve performance • More filters (industries, stages, etc). Would love your feedback. https://yc.foundersaround.com
2025 · its alternatives →
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2012 · guidetoyc.com · its alternatives →
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2013 · trynudge.com · its alternatives →
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ExploreYC▲565Open-source API for Y Combinator & a16z company data
Jul 2026 · exploreyc.com · its alternatives →
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Mapped In Israel▲155An Interactive map of the Israeli startup community
2014 · mappedinisrael.com · its alternatives →
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Curated collection of resources for founders applying to YC.
2017 · its alternatives →
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Try it: We mapped 2,970 Y Combinator companies in 3D by product similarity - 57% of YC's entire portfolio since 2005. Jump right in and explore: pan/zoom around, click for detailed profiles, explore clusters. No signup required, works best on desktop. Why Sometimes it's hard to grasp the bigger picture and see the forest for the trees. This map gives an overall representation of the whole space - companies, clusters, and outliers (companies that don't have obvious similar counterparts). For example, there are three companies supporting innovation labs. Also it's fun to see how LegalTech…
2025 · starwatcher.ai · its alternatives →
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2020 · ycadvice.com · its alternatives →
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WorldMap.lolfrom $5/mo▲197Put your startup on the map. Literally.
Aug 2026 · worldmap.lol · its alternatives →
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2012 · backspac.es · its alternatives →
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YC has it▲219Describe your problem, get the YC startup that solves it
Jul 2026 · ychasit.com · its alternatives →
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VentureMap NYC▲123A network visualization of all startup investments in NYC
2017 · its alternatives →
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2017 · ycremix.com · its alternatives →
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Nomad Dot▲52A living map of indie hackers around the world
Mar 2026 · nomaddot.verifiedtools.info · its alternatives →
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The conclusion of the StartUp mini season about Gimlet
2016 · overcast.fm · its alternatives →
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