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24 alternatives to Y Combinator Research Lab

A non-profit research institution developed by YC

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Y Combinator Research Lab launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   YC Library▲810

   The new hub for YC's startup videos, essays, podcasts & more

   2023 · ycombinator.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Y Combinator Co-founder Matching▲644

   YC’s free online platform to help you find your co-founder

   2021 · ycombinator.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   The Y Combinator Database▲866

   The definitive database of YC companies with all the metrics

   2017 · ycdb.co · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Y Combinator Startups▲159

   An Interactive Database

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Y Combinator Companies▲454

   Interactive list of all 1000+ YC companies

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Y Combinator Database 2.0▲608

   Everything you ever wanted to know about YC companies

   2018 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Apply to YC (Y Combinator)▲386

   Curated collection of resources for founders applying to YC.

   2017 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   The Macro▲269

   Stories from the Y Combinator world

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   ExploreYC ▲168

   Your data layer for Y Combinator's startup ecosystem

   May 2026 · exploreyc.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Y Combinator Holiday Gift Guide 2016▲243

    Gift ideas from companies funded by YC

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Y Combinator Fellowship▲4

    The YC Fellowship is an experiment to help more people start

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12YN
    YC Next, exclusive community for Y Combinator interviewees and aspirants▲32

    2015 · ycnext.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    YC Gift Ideas▲215

    Holiday gift ideas from Y Combinator

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Y Combinator Podcast▲528

    Y Combinators new podcast on starting a startup

    2017 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    YC World▲403

    Explore Y Combinator companies by country

    2017 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    YC Careers▲472

    Browse the career pages of Y Combinator companies

    2017 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    YC Research▲2

    YCR is a non-profit research lab.

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Startup School Live 2022▲175

    Learn how to start a startup, with help from Y Combinator

    2022 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Work at a Startup - from Y Combinator▲179

    One common application for hundreds of top engineering jobs.

    2018 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    TheFamily: Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator▲146

    Sam Altman on Y Combinator and importance of AI

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21MO
    Map of YC Startups▲104

    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 →

22. 22
    Startup School Winter 2020▲494

    Learn how to start a startup with YC for free

    2019 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Dorm Room Tycoon - Sam Altman▲73

    Sam outlines the future of Y Combinator

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    YC Interview Simulator 2.0▲457

    YC interview prep - pitch, reflect & improve

    2024 · mentara.io · its alternatives →

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