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 companiesYC leans into (vs. all others)
The other programs lean into (vs. YC)
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- 31%
A brand-new blend of sugars – made from plant fiber!
- 33%
A bus ticket out of poverty
- 34%
Defender of rights and liberties
- 34%
Buying and owning indoor potted plants made easy.
- 36%
The free HIV vaccine.
- 36%
Device tracks & monitors your car
- 36%
Grocery Delivery in Pakistan
- 36%
Never jump start your car again.
- 36%
Absorbable wrap for blood vessels
- 36%
The World’s First Countertop Precision Grill – using two ceramic…
- 36%
Shiok Meats is a cell-based clean shrimp company, the first of its…
- 36%
jEugene highlights undefined terms and unused definitions in legal…
Overlap matrix
| Y Combinator | a16z Speedrun | a16z (portfolio) | AI Grant | South Park Commons | Neo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
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AI Grant leans into (vs. a16z (portfolio))
a16z (portfolio) leans into (vs. AI Grant)
- 28%
the fastest way to get an answer
- 30%
Public sector sales
- 30%
automatic email composer
- 34%
Independent benchmarks and evaluations
- 34%
NeRF-generated product videos
- 34%
generate vector art and 3D images
- 35%
personalized visual marketing content
- 35%
browser copilot for teams
- 36%
Training data optimization
- 36%
automated A/B testing
- 36%
diffusion large language models
- 37%
automating complex call center operations in regulated industries