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24 alternatives to The Macro Y Combinator - Michael Moritz

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Macro Y Combinator - Michael Moritz launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Y Combinator Startups▲159

   An Interactive Database

   2014 · its alternatives →

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   The Y Combinator Codex▲8

   2021 · phoe.github.io · its alternatives →

3. 3
   The Macro▲269

   Stories from the Y Combinator world

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   TheFamily: Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator▲146

   Sam Altman on Y Combinator and importance of AI

   2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   A Y Combinator for Objective-C▲97

   A Y-Combinator for Objective-C. Contribute to jballanc/objc-ycomb development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2011 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Arrival of the Fittest: Solving Evolution's Greatest Puzzle ▲61

   How new traits originate

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   I wrote a guidebook on everything I know about applying to Y Combinator▲177

   2012 · guidetoyc.com · its alternatives →

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   An Elementary Introduction to the Wolfram Language▲60

   Stephen Wolfram's new book on the Wolfram Language

   2015 · wolfram.com · its alternatives →

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   KnightOS▲136

   An open-source OS for calculators

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Dim Sum Field Guide▲62

    A taxonomy of dumplings

    2016 · penguinrandomhouse.com · its alternatives →

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    Grokking Algorithms▲77

    An illustrated guide for programmers

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    EconTalk - Sam Altman▲66

    StartUps, venture capital, and Y Combinator

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The Art of Computer Programming▲91

    "The Bible" of all fundamental algorithms for programming

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Re/code Decode - Y Combinator's Sam Altman▲92

    and the internet of things and Google

    2015 · serve.castfire.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Algorithms to Live By▲75

    The Computer Science of Human Decisions

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Grokking Algorithms▲70

    An illustrated guide for programmers & other curious people

    2016 · adit.io · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Algorithms to Live By▲70

    The computer science of human decisions

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Twenty Minute VC: Mike Seibel, Partner @ Y Combinator▲63

    What does YC look for in prospective founders?

    2016 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Neurally-Guided Procedural Models // AI Guild Podcast Episode #7▲60

    Generating letters with vines using AI

    2017 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Probably Approximately Correct▲53

    Nature's algorithms for learning and prospering in a complex

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

21. 21ML
    My latest Y Combinator application▲5

    2011 · thypope.posterous.com · its alternatives →

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    Purely Functional Data Structures▲61

    A guide to functional programming

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Julia Language▲10

    A high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language

    2017 · julialang.org · its alternatives →

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    A reimplementation of Google's sparsehash in C▲22

    A simple re-implementation of Google's sparsehash as a learning excercise. - qpfiffer/Simple-Sparsehash

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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