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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

AI Grant leans into (vs. South Park Commons)

AI GrantSouth Park Commons
Consumer
36/19%
B2B
94/81%
Infrastructure
17/10%
Content
9/2%
Engineering, Product and Design
29/22%
Operations
7/2%
Manufacturing and Robotics
4/2%

South Park Commons leans into (vs. AI Grant)

South Park CommonsAI Grant
Fintech
12/1%
Healthcare
11/6%
Finance and Accounting
5/0%
Security
6/1%
Healthcare IT
7/3%
Gaming
2/0%
Consumer Health and Wellness
2/0%
In AI Grant, not South Park Commons
  1. Consensus

    LLM-powered search for research

    33%
  2. Pursuit

    Public sector sales

    35%
  3. Ghostwrite

    automatic email composer

    39%
  4. Perplexity

    the fastest way to get an answer

    39%
  5. Coframe

    automated A/B testing

    41%
  6. Method Security

    Autonomous cyber defense

    41%
  7. RunPod

    serverless GPU platform

    41%
  8. Womp Labs

    Training data optimization

    42%
  9. Espresso AI

    optimize Snowflake queries using LLMs

    42%
  10. Artificial Analysis

    Independent benchmarks and evaluations

    42%
  11. Akool

    personalized visual marketing content

    44%
  12. Birch

    automating complex call center operations in regulated industries

    45%
In South Park Commons, not AI Grant
  1. Cure.Fit

    Curefit is an integrated health and fitness platform that offers online and offline experiences in f

    30%
  2. Tribes

    Tribes builds an open, decentralized database protocol offering secure, user-driven data storage. Tr

    31%
  3. Inco

    Inco is the go-to for privacy on Web3. Using fully homomorphic encryption and Ethereum security, Inc

    31%
  4. Kit

    Kit offers customizable, physician-ordered diagnostic tests, including finger prick blood assays, bl

    32%
  5. Blackwing Finance

    Blackwing Finance offers liquidation-free margin trading platform that works seamlessly with any ass

    32%
  6. Transcend

    Transcend is a privacy platform that helps brands stay ahead of evolving regulations while building

    32%
  7. Noto

    Noto is a modern business management solution for tutoring, music, and art centers that simplifies a

    32%
  8. Rooted

    Rooted is unlocking the full potential of agricultural land by enabling regenerative practices.

    33%
  9. Perfectly Imperfect

    Perfectly Imperfect gives you a taste of someone else's taste twoish times per week.

    33%
  10. Pulley

    Pulley streamlines permits for retailers, developers, contractors, and architects by accurately pinp

    33%
  11. LootRush

    A privacy-friendly platform for you to have fun with all gaming NFTs

    33%
  12. Column Tax

    Column Tax builds API-first tax solutions integrated in everyday financial apps, giving users smart,

    33%