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Y CombinatorY Combinator created a new model for funding early stage startups. Four times a year we invest in a large number of startups.

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Business details

Founded
2005
Sells
Services
Sells to
Businesses
Domain age
21 years
Address
335 Pioneer Way Mountain View, CA 94041
Email address
Not found
Phone number
Not found
Contact page
ycombinator.com/contact
Website
ycombinator.com
Social media

Customer reviews

SiteReviewsRating
Trustpilot2 reviews
SmartCustomer1 reviews4.0
App Store2 ratings3.0
Total53.0
Customer satisfactionNot enough reviews to sayFrom independent reviews, weighed by their number
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Summary

Is ycombinator.com legit and trustworthy? Truth score 75 out of 100, high truth signals: 8 of 11 public checks clear, 3 for information. Legitimacy confidence: high. Customer satisfaction: not enough reviews to say.

ycombinator.com's website address was registered 21 years ago, and is locked against transfer to someone else. Customers have left 1 reviews on SmartCustomer, averaging 4.0 stars out of 5. No malware or phishing warnings found for its website. We could not find an email address or a phone number.

Important context: Truth Signal weighs public evidence about this business. A high score means strong evidence that the business is established and legitimate, not a promise that it is safe to buy from or that every purchase will go well. A low score means the evidence is thin or raises concerns, not that the business is unsafe or a scam.

Positives

  • Its website address was registered 21 years ago.
  • A not fully established independent reputation · 1 reviews on SmartCustomer, rated 4.0 stars out of 5.
  • No malware or phishing warnings found for its website.

Not found

  • Email address information was not found from our checks.
  • Phone number information was not found from our checks.

What they offer

Y Combinator created a new model for funding early stage startups. Four times a year we invest in a large number of startups.
— Y Combinator, in their own words
What makes them different
“Co-founder & CTO of PagerDuty (NYSE:PD), the first incident management platform and used by half of the Fortune 500.” Its homepage
Getting help

Y Combinator offers support and help through their help page, which can be found in the sources below.

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How to check if ycombinator.com is legit

To check if ycombinator.com is legit yourself, look at the same public records we did: the company register, who owns the web address and since when, customer reviews, visitor numbers, how long the site has existed, social profiles, malware lists, data breaches and email security. Each row below shows what that record says about ycombinator.com; open a row to see the facts and the source to check them yourself. Step by step: how to know if a shopping site is legit.

Who they are

Company detailsBased in the US; serves the UK and the US; founded in 2005 (Wikipedia)
Country
Where the company is based
US
Why we believe that
the site's structured data states its country, its terms are governed by the laws of California, its postcode is a US zip code
Which countries the company serves
UK, US
Why we believe that
£ prices on its homepage, $ prices on its homepage
Better Business Bureau
Better Business Bureau profile
Not found
From Wikipedia
Type (Wikipedia)
enterprise
Industry
investment
Founded
2005
SourcesWikipedia
Domain registrationIts website address was registered 21 years ago
  • Its website address is locked against being transferred to someone else
Domain age
21 years
Domain transfer lock enabled
Yes
Website detailsWe read 4 of its pages: contact, about, terms and privacy
HTTPS enabled
Yes
Contact phone number found
Not found
Contact page found
Contact page
What its pages say

Quoted word for word from ycombinator.com.

In their own words
“People often ask us what happens at Y Combinator. Here is an overview of what happens during the YC program and the benefits you get as a YC founder. We now run YC four times a year, in the winter, spring, summer, and fall.” About page

Reputation and track record

Customer reviewsRated 4.0 stars out of 5 from 1 reviews on SmartCustomer
PlatformRatingReviews
TrustpilotUnknown2
SmartCustomer4.0 out of 51
G2Not found
CapterraNot found
Reviews.ioNot found
FeefoNot found
TrustindexNot found
GoogleNot checked
App StoreIts app, Y Combinator, is on Apple's App Store, rated 3 out of 5 from 2 ratings, counted in the reviews total.
App
Y Combinator
App Store rating
3.0 out of 5
App Store ratings
2
Visitor trafficReal people visited its website in 24 of the last 24 months
  • Real people have visited its website since February 2021 or earlier
  • It is among the 10,000 most-visited sites on the internet (Cloudflare Radar)
Monthly visitor data
Popularity among Chrome users
top 50,000 sites
First known user traffic
Feb 2021 or earlier
Months with real traffic, of the last 24
24
Traffic pattern
sustained
Rank jump in the last 12 months
none
Rank drop in the last 12 months
none
Cloudflare Radar
Popularity across the internet
top 10,000 sites
Web history and authorityFound: wikipedia page
Wikipedia page
yes
SourcesWikipedia
Social presenceIt is on 4 social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube); the largest audience is 2,430,000 subscribers on YouTube
  • Its YouTube channel has 2,430,000 subscribers and 934 videos, the latest uploaded on 30 Oct 2026
PlatformProfileAudience
FacebookProfile127,375 followers
InstagramProfile768,000 followers
XProfile1,600,000 followers
LinkedInNot found
YouTubeProfile2,430,000 subscribers
TikTokNot found
Social platforms with discovered profiles
facebook, instagram, x, youtube
Social follower counts
4,925,375 followers in total
YouTube channel
934 videos, 2,430,000 subscribers, last upload 30 Oct 2026

What data this site collects about you

What its privacy policy saysWe found this business stores and uses your data
Says it does not sell your personal data.
“We do not sell or share your Personal Information (as those terms are defined under the CCPA).”
Says you can ask it to delete your data.
“To request deletion of your Personal Information, contact us at [email protected] .”
Tracking tools on its homepageGoogle Analytics

Named in its homepage's code when we read it. Others may load later, so this list may not be complete.

Google Analytics
Counts your visits and what you look at.

Safety

Malware and phishingNo malware or phishing warnings found for its websiteThis check is not perfect: it can miss a harmful site, and it can wrongly warn about a safe one.
Malware or phishing threat status
None
Data breach historyNo known data breach involving the company
Known data breaches found
0
Domain and email securityIts email is only partly protected: mail forged in its name is reported but not blocked
  • Its email identifies its real senders, but mail forged in its name is not blocked
Email
MX records
Yes
SPF record
Yes
DKIM key
Yes
DMARC record
Yes
DMARC policy
none
Certificate
Security certificate browsers warn about
No
Certificate issuer
Amazon
Certificate type
DV
Certificate expires
6 May 2027
Hosting
Nameservers
ns-1411.awsdns-48.org
ns-1914.awsdns-47.co.uk
ns-225.awsdns-28.com
ns-556.awsdns-05.net
Address
99.86.12.68
99.86.12.28
99.86.12.125
99.86.12.82