Ask PG: How many applications?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=66818

by regularjoe • 19 years ago

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Unlike other cycles, Y Combinator has recieved a lot of publicity lately. This has changed somewhat the number of applications? How many have been received?

pg4• 19 years ago

We're not quoting numbers anymore, but more than last time.

It was over a year ago when we started to get a lot of press, though.

davidw• 19 years ago

> We're not quoting numbers anymore

I'll be blunt and ask: why not?

gibsonf1• 19 years ago

I'm guessing it would discourage potentially good candidates from trying if the odds look too long?

vegashacker• 19 years ago

PG says it's cause of the competition. The comment is "pre-10K-era", so it doesn't seem to be available on news.yc, but you can see it here:

http://nycs.bigheadlabs.com/search1/?q=disclose+application+...

Mistone• 19 years ago

okay - so no exact numbers for quantity - any comments on quality?

How original are the applications and product ideas this round?

nailer• 19 years ago

(these numbers are completely rough, but what I've been working out in my head)

Last season they had around 10 companies. These were the top 5%. So I gathered there were two hundred applicants for that season.

PG says in another comment there were a lot more than before (probably because of news.yc), so maybe double that for this year.

pg4• 19 years ago

The numbers from last cycle are public knowledge: 435 applications, 20 of which we funded.

ryanspahn• 19 years ago

Does YCombinator each semester fund 20 or sometimes it is less?

Also, who are the other organizations like YCombinator?

Ask PG: How many applications?

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