Y Combinator (@ycombinator) — Twitter Score 503 out of 1000

Y Combinator is a startup accelerator and venture capital firm co-founded by Trevor Blackwell, Paul Graham, Jessica Livingston, and Robert Morris, with Garry Tan as President & CEO. Y Combinator's Twitter Score is 503 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking it #318 out of 484,166 accounts tracked on this platform. Y Combinator ranks #318 (top 0.1%) out of 484,166 tracked accounts on TwitterScore.

Y Combinator runs a three-month program four times a year, investing $500k per company: $125k for 7% on a post-money safe and an additional $375k on an uncapped safe with an MFN. Each cycle culminates in a Demo Day, where the latest batch of funded founders is presented to selected investors and press. Its alumni community includes more than 6,000 domain experts.

Y Combinator closed an $8.25 million fund in May 2010, led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from Ron Conway, Paul Buchheit, Aydin Senkut, XG Ventures, and Geoff Ralston. Among its crypto and Web3 alumni, Coinbase went through the program as a Summer 2012 company and OpenSea as a Winter 2018 company. Its broader portfolio includes Globe Official, Coinbase, Coinbase Institutional, Dharma, Meme, Reddit, Inc, Product Hunt and Dropbox.

Y Combinator has 1,641,871 followers as of August 2026 on X and has published 26,270 posts since 2010. The account has been mentioned by 2,482 accounts, with 7,886 total mentions.

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Y Combinator draws a wide cross-section of followers from across the startup and crypto landscape. The accounts that follow Y Combinator include 2,831 founders, 725 angel investors, 590 influencers and 295 VCs, among them Brian Armstrong, Chris Dixon, Solana, Sam Altman, Nikita Bier and Stani.