AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to YC has it
Describe your problem, get the YC startup that solves it
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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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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LookUp YC▲143Ask questions and get advice from Y Combinator videos
2023 · lookup-yc.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →
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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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Learn how to start a startup with YC for free
2019 · startupschool.org · 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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Everything you ever wanted to know about YC companies
2018 · ycdb.co · 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 YC for free
2019 · startupschool.org · its alternatives →
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First Search▲1,093The world's best startup advice, curated and searchable.
2017 · review.firstround.com · its alternatives →
- 11YS
2020 · ycadvice.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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ProblemHunt▲552Hi HN, I’m a solo founder. I built ProblemHunt after noticing a common pattern: many founders start with ideas and solutions, but don’t spend enough time understanding real problems. ProblemHunt is a simple place where people share problems they actually face in work or life. Developers and founders can browse these problems and use them as a starting point for building products. So far: – ~5,000 users – 150+ real problems submitted – 100% organic growth This is still early, and I’m trying to understand if this is genuinely useful. I’d really appreciate feedback: – Would you use something…
Oct 2025 · problemhunt.pro · 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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StartupClass.co▲300YC's How to Start a Startup packaged as an online course
2014 · startupclass.co · its alternatives →
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Curated collection of resources for founders applying to YC.
2017 · its alternatives →
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- 20YI
This project uses semantic search, an advanced search technique that aims to understand the intent and context behind a search query instead of just matching keywords. It's built using Neon Postgres + pg_embedding and OpenAI for generating embeddings. More details can be found in the repo https://github.com/neondatabase/yc-idea-matcher
2023 · yc-idea-matcher.vercel.app · its alternatives →
- 21MO
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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Find startup jobs at the best YC startups and connect with founders on Y Combinator's Work at a Startup.
2017 · workatastartup.com · its alternatives →
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Find Cofounders▲243Get broadcast to 1,000s of great potential cofounders, free
2023 · ramenclub.com · its alternatives →
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Evaluate the probability of your SaaS's success
2024 · yc.mckenna.cloud · its alternatives →
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