What a week!

The deadline* for Summer 2024 applications was on Monday, which means the Group Partners are now deep in the process of reading applications and selecting the startups that will be invited to YC in the weeks ahead.

(* a not-so-secret secret: you can still apply after the deadline, we just can’t promise exactly when we’ll get back to late applicants. Late applications absolutely ARE considered.)

We’re also just getting back from Startup School East, where all 14 Group Partners flew out to Boston to share their stories and the lessons they’ve learned along the way.

It’s the biggest event like this that we’ve done out east in nearly a decade — 500+ students from 30+ different schools joined us! — but it was a great time and we’re already thinking about where/when we can do it again. Stay tuned for more on that.

- Greg

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