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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

South Park Commons leans into (vs. a16z Speedrun)

South Park Commonsa16z Speedrun
Engineering, Product and Design
22/13%
Infrastructure
10/4%
Healthcare IT
7/1%
Fintech
12/6%
B2B
81/76%
Security
6/1%
Healthcare
11/6%

a16z Speedrun leans into (vs. South Park Commons)

a16z SpeedrunSouth Park Commons
Consumer
43/19%
Gaming
25/2%
Social
5/2%
Marketing
5/2%
Content
5/2%
Supply Chain and Logistics
2/0%
Payments
2/0%
In South Park Commons, not a16z Speedrun
  1. Perfectly Imperfect

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

    29%
  2. Material Security

    Material Security offers a one-stop solution for keeping Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 safe, de

    34%
  3. June

    Design your event with just a few words

    35%
  4. Pascal

    Intelligence upgrade for every building

    37%
  5. Particle

    A decentralized leverage trading protocol permissionless for any digital asset.

    37%
  6. Confident Security

    CONFSEC is an enterprise-grade version of Private Cloud Comute – thoroughly tested, externally audit

    37%
  7. Clerk

    Clerk offers a full suite of tools—embeddable UIs, flexible APIs, and admin dashboards—to help busin

    38%
  8. Pulley

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

    38%
  9. Socket

    Socket is a cybersecurity platform that shields companies from supply chain attacks, keeping their s

    38%
  10. Lighter

    The decentralized perpetual futures trading platform

    39%
  11. Noto

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

    39%
  12. Tribes

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

    40%
In a16z Speedrun, not South Park Commons
  1. Cheddr

    Cheddr is a mass-market sports wagering platform legal in 46 states

    34%
  2. Voidpet

    Emotion Monsters

    35%
  3. Soundmap

    Top 5 in Music on the App Store :)

    35%
  4. Legion

    Greater Things are Coming...

    37%
  5. Househunt

    Monopoly with real houses

    37%
  6. Manifest

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

    37%
  7. Clubs Poker

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

    37%
  8. YKB

    The social layer for fans that prediction markets are missing

    38%
  9. Matchday

    We are building the home of interactive entertainment for 5 billion soccer fans.

    38%
  10. Gridsnap

    Interactive worlds, built for community, powered by UGC.

    39%
  11. Neon Wild

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

    40%
  12. k-ID

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

    40%