Timeline of Y Combinator

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2005 March 1 Y Combinator is founded by Paul Graham, Jessica Livingston, Trevor Blackwell and Robert Tappan Morris.[1].[2]
2009 January Y Combinator announces that the Cambridge program would be closed and all future programs would take place in Silicon Valley.[3]
2011 January Yuri Milner starts automatically backing all Y Combinator companies, with each start-up receiving US$150,000 from Milner and investor Ron Conway.[4][5]
2013 September Paul Graham announces Y Combinator would fund nonprofit organizations accepted into its program after having tested the concept with Watsi (while continuing to fund mostly for-profit startups).[6]
2014 February Paul Graham announces Sam Altman would take over as President of Y Combinator.[7]
2015 July Y Combinator introduces the YC Fellowship Program aimed at companies at an earlier stage than the main program.[8]
2015 October Y Combinator introduces the YC Continuity Fund. The fund allows Y Combinator to make pro rata investments in their alumni companies with valuations under US$300 million. Y Combinator also considers leading or participating in later stage growth financing rounds for YC companies.[9]
2015 October YC introduces YC Research to fund long-term fundamental research. YC President Sam Altman donates US$ 10million.[10]
2016 August 11 Y Combinator announces that YC partners would be visiting 11 countries during the fall to meet with founders and learn more about how they can be helpful to international startup communities. These 11 countries are Nigeria, Denmark, Portugal, Sweden, Germany, Russia, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Israel, and India.[11][12]
2019 May 20 Sam Altman announces stepping down and that Geoff Ralston would take over as President of Y Combinator.[13]

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  1. Graham, Paul (March 15, 2012). "How Y Combinator Started". Y Combinator. Retrieved 18 June 2019. 
  2. "Y Combinator". crunchbase.com. Retrieved 18 June 2019. 
  3. Graham, Paul (January 2009). "California Year-Round". Y Combinator. Retrieved 18 June 2019. 
  4. Arrington, Michael. "Start Fund: Yuri Milner, SV Angel Offer EVERY New Y Combinator Startup $150k". techcrunch.com. Retrieved 18 June 2019. 
  5. "Hacker News". news.ycombinator.com. Retrieved 18 June 2019. 
  6. Ken Yeung (6 September 2013). "Y Combinator To Fund Non-Profit Startups With Charitable Donations". The Next Web. Retrieved 18 June 2019. 
  7. Graham, Paul (February 21, 2014). "Sam Altman for President". Y Combinator. Retrieved 18 June 2019. 
  8. Loizos, Connie (July 20, 2015). "Y Combinator Just Introduced a New Program to Reach Up to "1,000" Companies Per Year". TechCrunch. Retrieved 18 June 2019. 
  9. Altman, Sam (October 15, 2015). "YC Continuity". Y Combinator. Retrieved 18 June 2019. 
  10. Altman, Sam (October 7, 2015). "YC Research". Y Combinator Posthaven. Retrieved 18 June 2019. 
  11. Manalac, Kat. "YC Office Hours in 11 Countries This Fall". Y Combinator Posthaven. Retrieved 18 June 2019. 
  12. Modgil, Shweta. "YCombinator Is Coming To India This September; Here's Why You Should Be Excited". Inc 42. Retrieved 18 June 2019. 
  13. Altman, Sam. "Geoff Ralston for President". Y Combinator. Retrieved 18 June 2019.