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Y Combinator Cast

10/31/24

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In 2016, Y Combinator funded three aerospace companies, including Astranis, which have since become billion-dollar companies, showing that it's possible to succeed without a billionaire founder.

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You Don’t Have To Be A Billionaire To Launch Satellites

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You Don’t Have To Be A Billionaire To Launch Satellites

10/31/24

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Y Combinator Cast

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The misconception that you need to be a billionaire or raise tons of money to start a hard tech company is false; companies like Astranis prove that it's possible to start with limited resources.

Y Combinator Cast

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Astranis set ambitious goals during their Y Combinator batch to ensure they could attract investor attention, knowing they needed to demonstrate significant progress to secure funding.

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Many successful Y Combinator companies have been funded without having a prestigious tech company on their resumes, proving that it's not a requirement for becoming a successful startup founder.

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Astranis began as a small startup in a downtown San Francisco apartment, demonstrating that you don't need billions to start a hard tech company.

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Astranis, a Y Combinator startup, revolutionized satellite technology by building smaller, cheaper satellites instead of a few large ones, similar to how commodity servers replaced mainframes.

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During their Y Combinator program, Astranis aimed to build a prototype satellite in three months, a task that typically takes years for other companies.

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Despite starting Y Combinator with the goal of helping a few entrepreneurs, we never anticipated funding a thousand startups, many of which have become very successful.

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The foundation of Y Combinator was based on the idea that it was becoming easier to build startups without needing massive capital or large teams, a trend that has accelerated with AI.

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Y Combinator does not only fund companies with significant traction; many successful companies were accepted based solely on their ideas.