by Michael Seibel5/21/2019

In 2018, Pew Research Center reported that 57% of Americans believe that children in America today will be worse off financially than their parents. Since 2013, this number has been as high as 65% — even though we are experiencing our 10th straight year of economic growth.

by Sam Altman10/23/2018

We’re excited to announce our new and expanded request for startups and nonprofits focusing on frontier technologies to remove carbon from the atmosphere. Read the RFS here.

by Kat Mañalac3/6/2018

The application deadline for YC Summer 2018 is on March 24, and in honor of the deadline, we published an update to our Request for Startups (RFS).

by Karen Lien9/19/2017

At YC, we’re deeply interested in education because of its power to transform lives and societies and to maximize human potential. On a micro level, we believe technology can help reverse the trend in K-12 of spending more and more money to achieve the same learning outcomes. We believe tech can also create alternatives in higher education that will prepare adults for the careers they want without the burden of excessive student debt.

by Y Combinator1/31/2017

If you’re working on a startup or non-profit that addresses any of the challenges discussed below, we’d love to see you apply.

by Y Combinator1/3/2017

We’re optimistic we will beat climate change. But, at the same time, we need to prepare for things to get worse.

by Sam Altman9/12/2014

We’ve updates some of the RFSes, and also added some new ones: