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24 alternatives to We made T Combinator, in case YC reject us today
It's as if you're on YC... almost... very nearly... ok, not really.
T Combinator is a humorous life and fun project that mimics the experience of being part of Y Combinator, the renowned startup accelerator. Created for founders who didn't get accepted to YC, it offers a… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. We made T Combinator, in case YC reject us today launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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YC’s free online platform to help you find your co-founder
2021 · ycombinator.com · 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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Y Combinators new podcast on starting a startup
2017 · ycombinator.com · its alternatives →
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Curated collection of resources for founders applying to YC.
2017 · 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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2012 · guidetoyc.com · its alternatives →
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2011 · tagxedo.com · its alternatives →
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Interactive list of all 1000+ YC companies
2016 · ycombinator.com · its alternatives →
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Learn how to start a startup, with help from Y Combinator
2022 · startupschool.org · 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 first episode in Y Combinator's new podcast series
2016 · themacro.com · its alternatives →
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Learn how to start a startup with YC for free
2019 · startupschool.org · its alternatives →
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StartupClass.co▲300YC's How to Start a Startup packaged as an online course
2014 · startupclass.co · its alternatives →
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YC Careers▲485Browse the career pages of Y Combinator companies
2017 · jonathanzwhite.github.io · its alternatives →
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YC's free 6-week program for aspiring founders
2020 · startupschool.org · its alternatives →
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2011 · fold.sigusr2.net · its alternatives →
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Following Dating Ring, a YC company run by 2 young women
2015 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Simulate your YC application rejection
2025 · yc-sim.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Learn how to start a startup with YC for free
2019 · startupschool.org · its alternatives →
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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
2024 · yc-map.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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