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>One of the excellent things about YC is how they are completely unphased by moonshots. I have never seen YC as a company investing in moonshots. Most of the

by giarc 8y ago

>One of the excellent things about YC is how they are completely unphased by moonshots. I have never seen YC as a company investing in moonshots. Most of the companies that get accepted seem to be building products for developers or similar saas businesses. Some of their recent biotech investments are a bit more cutting edge, but full of moonshots, YC is not.

tim333 8y ago
It's hard to keep up with all the companies they have funded but looking briefly here are a few along those lines: Momentus - space propulsion, handy I guess for shooting towards the moon Cruise and Embark - self driving cars and trucks Helion and UPower - nuclear fusion and fission Boom - supersonic aircraft Ginko and Atomwise - custom designed organisms and drugs Rigetti - quantum computing Nectome - mind uploading and I'm sure there are quite a few more