The "most important decision" in Tracy Young's life

This Week at YC

May 22, 2023

💬 PlanGrid/TigerEye Co-Founder Tracy Young on "the Most Important Decision” in Her Life

Where does your story begin? In Your Life: The Movie, what’s the opening scene?

For Tracy Young, it might start years before she co-founded PlanGrid â€” a company she’d later sell for $875 million. It might start years before she was born, even. On a crowded, repurposed fishing boat, as its captain tries to convince the crew of a nearby oil rig that, for the good of everyone onboard, the fishing boat needs to sink.

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The latest raises and rounds from YC companies
Rootfi (YC S22)
$1.5M Seed
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Inc42: Rootfi Wants To Automate Accounting Process For Businesses
Jenfi (YC W20)
$6.6M Pre-series B
Singapore

Instawork (YC W15)
$60M Series D
San Francisco, CA

Forbes: Staffing Startup Instawork Raises $60 Million To Expand AI Tech
Obie (YC S19)
$25.5M Series B
Chicago, IL

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