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Y Combinator pitch deck — what they look for.
Twice-yearly accelerator that’s funded Stripe, Airbnb, Coinbase, OpenAI.
What Y Combinator actually looks for
Clarity of what the company does in 5 seconds. If a YC partner can’t articulate it back to you on slide 1, the rest doesn’t matter.
Demonstrated user love or revenue traction — even pre-product, evidence the founders can find users and ship.
Founder grit signals: how have they unblocked themselves so far?
How to format the deck for Y Combinator
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YC’s recommended seed deck is 10 slides, no fluff: Title, Problem, Solution, Why Now, Market Size, Competition, Business Model, Team, Traction, Ask.
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Cover slide gets a single sentence: "<Company> is <one-line description>." No taglines, no metaphors.
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The traction slide is non-negotiable for Demo Day; show numbers on a chart with axes labeled.
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