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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

Neo leans into (vs. South Park Commons)

NeoSouth Park Commons
Industrials
14/7%
Housing and Real Estate
3/0%
Manufacturing and Robotics
5/2%
Productivity
8/6%
Real Estate and Construction
4/2%
Supply Chain and Logistics
2/0%
Legal
2/0%

South Park Commons leans into (vs. Neo)

South Park CommonsNeo
Security
6/1%
B2B
81/77%
Healthcare IT
7/3%
Infrastructure
10/8%
Finance and Accounting
5/3%
Consumer Health and Wellness
2/1%
Gaming
2/1%
In Neo, not South Park Commons
  1. Bluegill
    20%
  2. Zeal
    22%
  3. drift
    23%
  4. Crosby
    23%
  5. Asoka
    25%
  6. close
    25%
  7. Refractive
    26%
  8. Branch
    27%
  9. gpt
    27%
  10. Clarity
    28%
  11. Signata
    28%
  12. Altara
    29%
In South Park Commons, not Neo
  1. Perfectly Imperfect

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

    31%
  2. Noto

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

    35%
  3. Holloway

    Holloway delivers in-depth digital guides on entrepreneurship, creativity, and growth, crafted by ex

    36%
  4. Echo Chunk

    Echo Chunk innovative, self-generating strategy games—like Echo Chess, a daily chess puzzler with a

    36%
  5. Siteline

    Siteline reimagines construction finance for contractors, streamlining billing for faster payments a

    36%
  6. System2

    System2 collaborates with elite fitness influencers to boost digital impact and spread accessible, e

    37%
  7. Hologram

    Hologram empowers any artists to create expressive characters, wearables, and more for your communit

    37%
  8. Vmax

    Vmax is building RL environments for long-horizon tasks that capture and simulate the ineffable.

    38%
  9. Rooted

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

    38%
  10. Tribes

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

    39%
  11. Sparrow

    Sparrow offers an end-to-end leave management solution that automates and simplifies employee leave

    40%
  12. Inco

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

    40%