Y Combinator (YC) is an American seed money startup accelerator launched in March 2005. Y Combinator created a new model for funding early stage startups. Over the past 15 years, we've created many videos, podcasts and essays as resources for startup founders. Y Combinator provides a small amount of seed funding for startups. Learn how to start a company, with help from the world's top startup accelerator - Y Combinator. Programming and resources from the Y Combinator team (previous courses have included live Q&A sessions, office hours with YC alumni, and AMAs with startup.