This Week at YC: 👀 An Inside Look at the Latest Evolution of YC

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👀 Big Changes at Y Combinator? An Inside Look with S22 Founders
For the first time in over two years, YC was in person. We take a look at the latest evolution of the YC batch, featuring the founders of Summer 2022.
 

🔥 YC Founder Fireside: Mutiny on AI and the Next Era of Growth — October 20
Join us live this Thursday at 8:00am PT on Twitter Spaces for a Founder Fireside with the CEO and co-founder of Mutiny, Jaleh Rezaei, and YC's Anu Hariharan as they discuss how AI will impact the next era of growth.
 

🌎 YC ClimateTech Co-Founder Meetup - October 29
We’re excited to announce the first YC ClimateTech Co-Founder Meetup. If you’re interested in starting a ClimateTech startup and want to meet other potential co-founders in the space, register to attend by October 25th.
 

🚀 The Launchpad

Swifteam
Santa Clara, California
Equip your remote teams in seconds
Shimmer
San Francisco, California
1:1 ADHD coaching that's 5-10x more affordable than alternatives
8vdX
Norwalk, Connecticut
Fundraising CRM for early stage startups
OneSchema
San Francisco, California
The embeddable CSV importer for SaaS

 
Meet the Newest YC Companies on Launch YC

🌎 The YC Community

Highlights from our founders
🔥 Top Posts on Hacker News

💼 Jobs at YC Startups

Airmyne
CO2 removal from air at industrial scale
HiringChemical Engineers
Berkeley, CA • Any exp
iollo
At-home metabolomics test for healthy lifespan extension
Hiring: Full Stack Engineers
Zürich, Switzerland / San Francisco, CA / Remote (United States/Canada/Europe) • $85k - $130k • 0.25% - 2.00%
Metriport
Open-source universal API for healthcare data
HiringFounding Software Engineers
San Francisco, CA / Remote • $70k - $120k • 0.20% - 1.50%
Firezone
Open-source, blazing fast alternative to corporate VPNs
Hiring: Founding Engineers
Mountain View, CA / Remote (USA/Canada) • $100k - $200k • 0.50% - 5.00%

💸 Money Moves

The latest raises and rounds from YC companies
Explorex (YC S20)
$5M Seed • Bengaluru, India
Y Combinator backed Explorex raises $5 million in seed round

 
Redbird (YC W22)
$7.6M Seed • New York, New York
Analytics operating system Redbird makes data more accessible to non-technical users
Shimmer (YC S21)
$1.3M Seed • San Francisco, California
Shimmer Launches First Affordable ADHD Coaching and Accountability Platform for Adults

 
Vanta (YC W18)
$40M Series B extension • San Francisco, California
Vanta lands $40M to automate cybersecurity compliance

 
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This Week at YC: Introducing YC Deals 🛍️

Monday, October 10, 2022

Employees at YC companies can now leverage one of the major benefits previously only available to YC founders – YC Deals. View this email in your browser 🛍 Exclusive access to software deals for

This Week at YC: Growth Hacking To A Billion Dollar Marketplace

Monday, October 3, 2022

YC's Anu Hariharan sat down with the co-founder and CEO of Whatnot Grant LaFontaine to discuss their first five launches. View this email in your browser 📈 Growth Hacking To A Billion Dollar

This Week at YC: How YC is evolving to meet a changed market

Monday, September 26, 2022

YC's Michael Seibel clarifies some misconceptions about YC and shares his insights about its growth over the past decade. View this email in your browser 🎙 Hard Truths in the Game with Michael

This Week at YC: Advantages Of A First-Time Founder

Monday, September 19, 2022

Har, Michael and Brad discuss when it's advantageous to be a first time founder and when it pays to have experience. View this email in your browser 🐣 Advantages Of A First-Time Founder Can having

This Week at YC: Meet the Summer 2022 Batch

Monday, September 12, 2022

For this cohort, we received 19000 applications from founders around the world and funded 240. Here's what we saw in the S22 batch. View this email in your browser 🎓 Meet the YC Summer 2022 Batch

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