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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. Neo)

a16z SpeedrunNeo
Gaming
25/1%
Consumer
43/20%
Content
5/1%
Social
5/2%
Consumer Health and Wellness
3/1%
Marketing
5/3%
Recruiting and Talent
2/0%

Neo leans into (vs. a16z Speedrun)

Neoa16z Speedrun
Engineering, Product and Design
21/13%
Industrials
14/6%
Healthcare
11/6%
Fintech
11/6%
Infrastructure
8/4%
Productivity
8/4%
Manufacturing and Robotics
5/3%
In a16z Speedrun, not Neo
  1. Clubs Poker

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

    35%
  2. Edgar

    Bringing real money engagement into F2P via sweepstakes

    36%
  3. Manifest

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

    36%
  4. Soundmap

    Top 5 in Music on the App Store :)

    37%
  5. Voidpet

    Emotion Monsters

    37%
  6. Lil Snack

    The DAILY Games Company—making play a daily routine.

    38%
  7. Refactor Games

    Next-generation sports video games

    38%
  8. Neon Commerce

    Developers use Neon's payments and commerce software to monetize their games direct-to-consumer to e

    38%
  9. k-ID

    It’s not about telling kids what they can’t do – it’s about giving them the right tools to discover

    39%
  10. First Voyage

    Modern mythologies to help people live healthier, happier lives.

    39%
  11. NoMi

    NoMi gives you the end result of therapy and all you have to do is play a game.

    39%
  12. YKB

    The social layer for fans that prediction markets are missing

    39%
In Neo, not a16z Speedrun
  1. Asoka
    21%
  2. Crosby
    22%
  3. Inertia
    24%
  4. close
    24%
  5. Refractive
    25%
  6. Signata
    26%
  7. Branch
    26%
  8. Aloe
    26%
  9. Zeal
    27%
  10. Ambitus
    27%
  11. Bluegill
    27%
  12. Entiendo

    Learn in your own way

    27%