My Y Combinator experience

Re:My Y Combinator experience by beambot on Thursday March 05, 2015 @12:11PM (#9152089)

I don't think that's true... YC funds plenty of inventive companies (sometimes based on idea alone). Still, the onus is on the founders to articulate why they're the ones to pull it off and how their inventions could plausibly become billion dollar companies.

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Re:My Y Combinator experience by nickbauman on Thursday March 05, 2015 @01:12PM (#9152631)

Can you name an example?

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Re:My Y Combinator experience by jamiequint on Thursday March 05, 2015 @01:28PM (#9152775)

Two hard-technology businesses YC has funded are Helion Energy and UPower.

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Re:My Y Combinator experience by jl on Thursday March 05, 2015 @04:43PM (#9154015)

Bikanta, Ginko Bioworks, Helion, 20n, Farmlogs, uPower...

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Re:My Y Combinator experience by nickbauman on Thursday March 05, 2015 @05:11PM (#9154200)

Still, these are unusual, not the typical YC, no?

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Re:My Y Combinator experience by prawn on Thursday March 05, 2015 @09:14PM (#9155210)

Then don't say "YC will not fund the company that will invent something new."

YC openly talks about how validating your idea and growing the business are big signals to them that you are worth the investment. But while that's the most common path, there are clearly alternatives. They are just giving advice on what might maximise your chances with them.

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