YC

Definition	:	Y Combinator
Category	:	Business » Companies & Corporations
Country/Region	:	United States
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What does YC mean?

Y Combinator (YC) is a startup accelerator that provides funding, mentorship, and resources to early-stage companies.
YC is headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States.
The name Y Combinator is believed to be inspired by the Y combinator function, which is a concept from computer science and mathematics that allows for the creation of recursive functions in programming languages. The founders of Y Combinator chose this name for their startup accelerator because they saw themselves as enabling and empowering startups to innovate and disrupt existing industries in a similar way that the Y combinator function enables the creation of new recursive functions.