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Also, can you please say 22 out of how many? (that is, what is the total number of accepted startups?) Additionally: 22 seems like a big number. Almost as if t
by selmnoo 13y ago
Also, can you please say 22 out of how many? (that is, what is the total number of accepted startups?)
Additionally: 22 seems like a big number. Almost as if this time around the YC partners sat together and said "hey, let's try to get a lot of overseas startups this time around and see what happens".
I notice that there have been "themes" in different seasons of YC... for example, in one of the previous seasons, you said that when reviewing applications you'd give high preference to startups doing things with electronics, robots, etc. - so, indeed this really seems like a sort of an experiment as if you're curious to see and learn how startups from abroad do things. Two questions in line of this: 1) What are you hoping to learn from this class? 2) What are you expecting to see (any hypotheses?)?
- rdl 13y agoIt's on the order of 100 founders, I'm pretty sure (within 50%). 50-60 companies. The chances it would vary greatly from previous batches absent any other announcement are pretty low.
- pg 13y agoAround 75, including the nonprofits. We're never sure of the exact number at this stage, because some we accept at interviews explode on the starting line, and we sometimes accept late applications. It wasn't any kind of deliberate choice by us. I was surprised how many seemed to be from other countries this batch. I would guess it's because we're getting more applications from overseas.