Y Combinator Research Lab

What it does

Updated on 6/5/20 YC Research, now OpenResearch [http://openresearchlab.org/], and its portfolio of research projects are no longer affiliated with Y Combinator. YCR generated important ideas and organizations, and we are proud to have helped them get up and running. They have, in fact, been operating independently for several years, and it has become clear that we are most helpful when working si

YC Research, now OpenResearch , and its portfolio of research projects are no longer affiliated with Y Combinator. YCR generated important ideas and organizations, and we are proud to have helped them get up and running. They have, in fact, been operating independently for several years, and it has become clear that we are most helpful when working side by side with founders and researchers as part of our batch program . We will continue to support nonprofits through the batch program, and cheer on OpenResearch from the sidelines. Our mission at YC is to enable as much innovation as we can. Mostly this means funding startups. But startups aren’t ideal for some kinds of innovation—for…from ycombinator.com

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