Yc

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    prototype cargoplane (prefix) US
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Y Combinator. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "The venture capitalist Chris Dixon told me, “They created the greatest business model of all time. For basically no money”— YC gives each company just a hundred and twenty thousand dollars, to cover expenses—“they get seven per cent of a lot of the best startups in Silicon Valley!”"

  2. 2
    Initialism of yellow card abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Example

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"The venture capitalist Chris Dixon told me, “They created the greatest business model of all time. For basically no money”— YC gives each company just a hundred and twenty thousand dollars, to cover expenses—“they get seven per cent of a lot of the best startups in Silicon Valley!”"

Etymology

Combination of prefix C and prefix modifier Y

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