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For the fixed point combinator, see Y combinator.

Y Combinator is a seed-stage startup funding firm, started by Paul Graham, Robert Morris, Trevor Blackwell, and Jessica Livingston. Startups it has funded include Kiko, Reddit, Pixoh, Infogami, Flagr and YouOS. Y Combinator provides seed money, advice, and connections at two 3-month programs a year in Cambridge and Mountain View. In exchange, they take on average about 6% of the seed's equity. Unusually among startup funding firms, Y Combinator provides very little money- usually 6000 USD per founder. This reflects Graham's conviction that between Free software, the web, and Moore's Law, the cost of starting a startup has greatly decreased.

Y Combinator was started after Graham gave a talk at his alma mater, Harvard (Graham having a PhD in Computer Science from Harvard) which became, "How to Start a Startup" [1]. He suggested founders seek seed money not from venture capitalists but rather from "angel investors", or like-minded, wealthy, and technologically-inclined people like Paul Graham.

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Article in The New York Times on Y Combinator

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-'''Y Combinator''' is a seed-stage [[startup]] funding firm, started by [[Paul Graham]], [[Robert Tappan Morris|Robert Morris]], [[Trevor Blackwell]], and [[Jessica Livingston]]. Startups it has funded include [[Kiko (software)|Kiko]], [[Reddit]], [[Pixoh]], [[Infogami]], [[Flagr]] and [[YouOS]]. Y Combinator provides seed money, advice, and connections at two 3-month programs a year in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]] and [[Mountain View, Santa Clara County, California|Mountain View]]. In exchange, the four founders generally take about 6% of the seed's equity. Unusually among startup funding firms, Y Combinator provides very little money- usually 6000 USD per founder. This reflects Graham's conviction that between [[Free software]], the web, and [[Moore's Law]], the cost of starting a startup has greatly decreased.
+'''Y Combinator''' is a seed-stage [[startup]] funding firm, started by [[Paul Graham]], [[Robert Tappan Morris|Robert Morris]], [[Trevor Blackwell]], and [[Jessica Livingston]]. Startups it has funded include [[Kiko (software)|Kiko]], [[Reddit]], [[Pixoh]], [[Infogami]], [[Flagr]] and [[YouOS]]. Y Combinator provides seed money, advice, and connections at two 3-month programs a year in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]] and [[Mountain View, Santa Clara County, California|Mountain View]]. In exchange, they take on average about 6% of the seed's equity. Unusually among startup funding firms, Y Combinator provides very little money- usually 6000 USD per founder. This reflects Graham's conviction that between [[Free software]], the web, and [[Moore's Law]], the cost of starting a startup has greatly decreased.
 Y Combinator was started after Graham gave a talk at his [[alma mater]], [[Harvard]] (Graham having a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] in Computer Science from Harvard) which became, "How to Start a Startup" [http://www.paulgraham.com/start.html]. He suggested founders seek seed money not from [[venture capital]]ists but rather from "angel investors", or like-minded, wealthy, and technologically-inclined people like Paul Graham.