Y Combinator's presence in San Francisco has significantly contributed to the city's appeal, attracting young founders who prefer urban living over suburban environments.

Remote operations have allowed Y Combinator to widen its net, enabling startups from around the world to participate without relocating to Silicon Valley.

After Y Combinator, we raised a Series A and had to adapt our processes as we hired more people, which is an ongoing challenge as we grow. Building a distributed team wasn't intentional at first; it was a necessity to find engineers, which led to organic growth and advantages like hiring from anywhere in the world.

When starting Eventbrite, we chose to base the company in San Francisco, defying conventional wisdom that suggested we should be near Stanford to attract the best talent.

These Y Combinator companies spent three months in Silicon Valley, leveraging the network before returning to New York to grow their businesses.

When we started Y Combinator, many thought we were crazy, but we focused on helping a few founders and expanded from there.

We're building software to help founders connect for one-on-one meetings and organize a large end-of-batch celebration after demo day in San Francisco.

When we decided to join Y Combinator, we were already profitable and saw it as an opportunity to scale our team and improve our fundraising efforts.

YC founders are heavily investing in AI technologies, with a preference for B2B software companies, which make up over 63% of their startups.