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The YC Founder Directory (+ New Company Content)

by Casey Muller, Zach Kamran, Oliver Ortlieb1/5/2023

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The YC community is approaching 10,000 founders. Looking at this
powerful network, we see people from all different backgrounds - each
with a unique journey to entrepreneurship. Today, we are releasing a
public YC Founder Directory, a companion to the YC Startup Directory.
For prospective founders who are looking for inspiring leaders, here
is a way to discover founders who have had experiences that reflect
your own and learn more about their founder journey.

On the YC Founder Directory, you can use filters to discover founders
who attended your university, worked at the same company, and are
building (or built) a company in your region. You can also generate
lists of YC founders by their role or the industry of their YC
company.

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On the YC Startup Directory, there are new questions for every YC
founder about why they chose their startup idea, their company's
origin story, and the future of their startup. The answers are still
coming in and provide interesting insight into their path to becoming
founders.

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We're also enabling any YC company to opt into having their YC
application video, written application answers, and Demo Day video
public on the YC Startup Directory. Click into a company's page to
watch how the founders pitched their startup to group partners, like
Gitlab and Webflow.

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  * [Casey-Head]

    Casey Muller

    Casey is a Product Engineer at Y Combinator. He went through YC
    with Jamglue (S06) and the YC Fellowship with Bevel (F3). During
    the decade between those two, he worked at FriendFeed, Facebook &
    Quip.

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    Zach Kamran

    Zach is a Product Engineer at YC working on Bookface and various
    public Y Combinator products. Previously he worked on Premier
    League soccer analytics, esports analytics and at a trading firm.

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    Oliver Ortlieb

    Oliver is a two-time YC founder, who participated in the S13 and
    W17 batches. He has built 3D printing factories that run from a
    web browser, digital asset management tools, and custom-fit face
    masks.

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