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Accelerator gap map

All 6 programs in one embedding space — what each funds that the others don’t, by theme and by company.

Y Combinator vs. all others

overlap 51% / 55% · 897 non-YC companies

YC leans into (vs. all others)

YCOthers
Home and Personal
2/0%
Retail
2/1%
Fintech
11/9%
Healthcare
11/10%
Payments
2/1%
Operations
2/1%

The other programs lean into (vs. YC)

OthersYC
B2B
79/51%
Consumer
30/15%
Engineering, Product and Design
20/10%
Gaming
8/1%
Infrastructure
9/5%
Industrials
9/7%
Productivity
6/4%
Show the distinctive companies ↓
In YC, not in any other program
  1. The Supplant Company

    A brand-new blend of sugars – made from plant fiber!

    31%
  2. No Lean Season

    A bus ticket out of poverty

    33%
  3. ACLU

    Defender of rights and liberties

    34%
  4. Leon & George

    Buying and owning indoor potted plants made easy.

    34%
  5. Immunity Project

    The free HIV vaccine.

    36%
  6. Drive Pulse

    Device tracks & monitors your car

    36%
  7. Krave Mart

    Grocery Delivery in Pakistan

    36%
  8. Ohm

    Never jump start your car again.

    36%
  9. VenoStent

    Absorbable wrap for blood vessels

    36%
  10. Cinder

    The World’s First Countertop Precision Grill – using two ceramic…

    36%
  11. Shiok Meats

    Shiok Meats is a cell-based clean shrimp company, the first of its…

    36%
  12. jEugene

    jEugene highlights undefined terms and unused definitions in legal…

    36%
In the other programs, not in YC
  1. CrosbyNeo
    27%
  2. Yuppa16z (portfolio)
    27%
  3. Konga16z (portfolio)
    28%
  4. AsokaNeo
    28%
  5. Improbablea16z (portfolio)
    28%
  6. Journeraa16z (portfolio)
    28%
  7. Samsaraa16z (portfolio)
    29%
  8. Tlona16z (portfolio)
    29%
  9. Honora16z (portfolio)
    29%
  10. Knoa16z (portfolio)
    30%
  11. Tenfolda16z (portfolio)
    30%
  12. Cazenaa16z (portfolio)
    30%

Overlap matrix

Y Combinatora16z Speedruna16z (portfolio)AI GrantSouth Park CommonsNeo
Y Combinator (5953)
—
50
39
41
47
46
a16z Speedrun (235)
60
—
43
46
49
48
a16z (portfolio) (164)
44
34
—
31
34
39
AI Grant (70)
56
48
45
—
50
51
South Park Commons (165)
58
48
40
43
—
47
Neo (263)
54
44
41
43
45
—

Row → column: median similarity of the row program’s companies to their nearest in the column program. Higher = more overlap.

Compare any two

AY Combinatora16z Speedruna16z (portfolio)AI GrantSouth Park CommonsNeo
BY Combinatora16z Speedruna16z (portfolio)AI GrantSouth Park CommonsNeo

a16z Speedrun leans into (vs. a16z (portfolio))

a16z Speedruna16z (portfolio)
Gaming
25/2%
Consumer
43/36%
Marketing
5/1%
Content
5/2%
Finance and Accounting
3/0%
Supply Chain and Logistics
2/0%
Sales
3/1%

a16z (portfolio) leans into (vs. a16z Speedrun)

a16z (portfolio)a16z Speedrun
Healthcare
15/6%
Infrastructure
12/4%
Engineering, Product and Design
20/13%
Fintech
10/6%
Industrials
9/6%
Therapeutics
3/0%
Apparel and Cosmetics
2/0%
In a16z Speedrun, not a16z (portfolio)
  1. Manifest

    Gen Z mental health. 15.8 million manifestations since the start of Speedrun.

    31%
  2. Cheddr

    Cheddr is a mass-market sports wagering platform legal in 46 states

    32%
  3. Moku

    We help bring games to market in web3

    33%
  4. Crema Social

    Redefining international dating one lunch at a time

    34%
  5. Spekter Games

    The Future of Gaming is on Super Apps. Spekter Games is a next-gen game publisher on Telegram blendi

    34%
  6. Valor

    Building the next consumer financial platform for 40m+ heroes

    34%
  7. Vereda

    The AI procurement agent for agriculture. 800k acres, representing $8M in potential revenue, in 45 d

    34%
  8. Belong

    Financial infrastructure of fandom. Ex-Spotify Global Head of Music + Avicii's manager.

    35%
  9. Communion

    creating Altar — a social deduction royale.

    35%
  10. Voidpet

    Emotion Monsters

    35%
  11. Soundmap

    Top 5 in Music on the App Store :)

    35%
  12. Clouted

    Clouted: where culture meets distribution.

    35%
In a16z (portfolio), not a16z Speedrun
  1. Journera
    18%
  2. Kong
    22%
  3. Amiato
    23%
  4. Kno
    23%
  5. Mesosphere
    23%
  6. Reflektive
    23%
  7. Tlon
    23%
  8. Yupp
    23%
  9. Medium
    24%
  10. Improbable
    24%
  11. Tidemark
    24%
  12. Julep
    25%