Ask HN: Most successful startup that applied but never got into YC?

by pshin45 on 11/12/2013, 5:37 PM with 33 comments
  • by Sakes on 11/12/2013, 6:35 PM

    This might need to be an Ask PG. I wonder if there is a startup that he recalls passing on that influenced the way (minorly or majorly) he evaluates startups.

  • by aegiso on 11/12/2013, 6:55 PM

    Recalling PG's previous answers to this question: there are several instances of successes that YC didn't accept, but it's not PG's place to disclose who did and didn't apply.

  • by ig1 on 11/12/2013, 9:04 PM

    It's too early to say (remember it typically takes 7-8 years to reach a major exit event). But SendGrid and LightSail Energy are probably the two that have raised the most money and are public about being rejected from YC.

  • by kevando on 11/12/2013, 6:18 PM

    Ask me in 6 months :)

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  • by noodle on 11/12/2013, 6:47 PM

    sendgrid, iirc

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  • by Baadier_Sydow on 11/12/2013, 6:46 PM

    I actually this could be quite a fascinating question.

  • by TallboyOne on 11/12/2013, 6:56 PM

    Wasn't it AirBnB?

  • by codybrown on 11/12/2013, 7:13 PM

    art.sy

  • by larrys on 11/12/2013, 6:59 PM

    This is pure HN porn. Entertaining and satisfies curiosity but no significance whatsoever.

    Edit: Noting somewhat predictable downvotes so I would ask that someone reply with what the significance of a single data point is other than satisfying curiosity? Note also I didn't say it didn't belong on HN or "hey why is this on the front page" etc.