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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. Y Combinator)

a16z SpeedrunY Combinator
Consumer
43/15%
B2B
76/51%
Gaming
25/1%
Social
5/2%
Content
5/2%
Engineering, Product and Design
13/10%
Marketing
5/3%

Y Combinator leans into (vs. a16z Speedrun)

Y Combinatora16z Speedrun
Healthcare
11/6%
Fintech
11/6%
Home and Personal
2/0%
Retail
2/0%
Healthcare IT
2/1%
Operations
2/1%
Infrastructure
5/4%
In a16z Speedrun, not Y Combinator
  1. Voidpet

    Emotion Monsters

    46%
  2. Manifest

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

    46%
  3. Communion

    creating Altar — a social deduction royale.

    46%
  4. First Voyage

    Modern mythologies to help people live healthier, happier lives.

    48%
  5. Clubs Poker

    Clubs Poker aims to be the largest online poker network in North America

    48%
  6. Qloud Games (Loftia)

    Building a new-age, solarpunk-inspired cozy game x social experience!

    49%
  7. Neon Wild

    Where any child, anywhere in the world can become a hero.

    50%
  8. Spekter Games

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

    50%
  9. Edgar

    Bringing real money engagement into F2P via sweepstakes

    50%
  10. Canto Reality

    Enabling more dreams to see the light of day.

    50%
  11. Idilio

    The future of serialized storytelling. $0->$32K/mo since Jan with ~1 day ROAS breakeven

    51%
  12. Valor

    Building the next consumer financial platform for 40m+ heroes

    51%
In Y Combinator, not a16z Speedrun
  1. Portal Entryways

    Portal Entryways upgrades disabled-accessible doors so they can be…

    29%
  2. Ukama

    Empowering anyone to build cellular network

    30%
  3. Immunity Project

    The free HIV vaccine.

    31%
  4. The Supplant Company

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

    31%
  5. Degrees of Freedom

    DoF provides a high quality, affordable higher education alternative.

    32%
  6. No Lean Season

    A bus ticket out of poverty

    32%
  7. Vote.org
    32%
  8. Ohm

    Never jump start your car again.

    33%
  9. Kiwi Biosciences

    Patent-pending enzymes to break down common dietary triggers

    33%
  10. Tee Time Tommy

    Book and manage all of your golf tee times in one place.

    33%
  11. Tizeti

    ISP for Africa

    33%
  12. Kidato

    Online school for K12 education in Africa

    33%