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| 2011 || June || Startup School || Summer 2011 batch [[w:Y Combinator (company)|YC]] class launches. 63 companies graduate, including Segment, Sift Science, {{w|Vidyard}}, {{w|Codecademy}}, Automatic, Caviar, {{w|HackerRank}}, GoCardless, {{w|Verbling}}, {{w|Streak}}, {{w|Science Exchange}}, {{w|Quartzy}}, {{w|LeadGenius}}, [[w:Genius (website)|Genius]], and {{w|Firebase}}.<ref name="Top Companies List - 2018"/><ref name="YC Companies"/>
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| 2011 || July || Controversy || [[w:Paul Graham (computer programmer)|Paul Graham]] responds defending [[w:Y Combinator (company)|YC]] graduate {{w|Airbnb}} to in a controversy involving the {{w|hospitality service}} company being accused of mismanagement on ransack carried out by renters on the appartment apartment of an Airbnb user.<ref>{{cite web |title=Airbnb Investor Seems To Suggest Ransacked Airbnb User Is Lying |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/airbnb-ransackgate-paul-graham-2011-7?fbclid=IwAR3bHju5lvM8cLQAucRMrP92lG9D6_JXsJ-6GlAwQdjhR8G7bY8jE8NGXzw |website=businessinsider.com |accessdate=27 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hacker News |url=https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2822721 |website=ycombinator.com |accessdate=27 July 2019}}</ref>
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| 2012 || January || Team || {{w|Geoff Ralston}} joins [[w:Y Combinator (company)|YC]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kincaid |first1=Jason |title=Y Combinator Names Seasoned Entrepreneur Geoff Ralston As Its Newest Partner |url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/01/27/y-combinator-names-seasoned-entrepreneur-geoff-ralston-as-its-newest-partner/ |website=techcrunch.com |accessdate=28 June 2019}}</ref>
