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Y Combinator Accelerator Program

Y Combinator Accelerator Program

Runs Y Combinator Accelerator for early-stage startups with a three-month batch, investment, and mentoring support.

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Y Combinator is a Silicon Valley startup accelerator that has been running since 2005 and has funded companies including Airbnb, Stripe, Dropbox, and Reddit. The program runs four times per year in winter, spring, summer, and fall batches, each lasting three months and based in San Francisco. YC's investment model delivers $500,000 to every accepted company: $125,000 via a post-money SAFE that con…

What this grant funds

Provides $500K in equity investment via SAFE instruments (approximately 7% dilution) to early-stage startups accepted into a three-month accelerator program, run four times annually in San Francisco.

Key facts
CycleiHow often this grant runs — e.g. annually, on a rolling basis, or a one-off call.Multiple per year
Next deadlineiThe next date applications are due. Rolling means you can apply any time.—
Decision timeiTypical time from the deadline to the funder's decision.—
Project durationiHow long the funded work is expected to run.—
Award typeiThe form of funding — grant, equity, loan, tax credit, etc.Equity
Match fundingiThe share of project costs you must cover yourself. 0% = fully funded.0%
Funding pooliThe total budget available across all awards in this round.—
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Last verified: 1 Jun 2026Source: www.ycombinator.com