YC announced their first ever Fall batch. They wrote an announcement post that went out yesterday with some answer to key questions you can check out (linked below). Most notably they said:

Why is YC doing a fall batch?

The opportunity for new startups is only growing, especially given the latest results we are seeing from the most recent YC batches where in aggregate companies are growing revenue by 4X or more in a single quarter during the YC batch itself.

The group partners got together and agreed it was time to grow the pie and do our first-ever Fall batch.

Application are open until the end of August and the demo day will be in December. From there they will get back on their Summer / Winter schedule with W25 coming down the pipe shortly after this Fall batch. They also note though that they may do more batches generally and allude to another announcement later this year.

A lot to talk about here - which is why we’re live now on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Sandhill - but generally these seems to line up with the current AI moment everyone is experiencing. Tech is moving fast and businesses are ready to buy (see their 4x rev note). YC - and the companies that want to start immediately - wants to make sure it doesn’t miss the moment.

Below are links on everything we’ll look to discuss. We’re live right now and you can tune in on Twitter here, LinkedIn here, or on the Sandhill site here.

• YC Fall Batch Announcement - Makes sense.

• Groq new round - Nice markup for Sandhill Syndicate.

• OpenAI Leadership changes - Doesn’t seem healthy.

• Revoult Secondary sale - Big step up from secondary data I see.

• Josh Kushner and Thrive’s new fund - Generally impressive.

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Straight Outta High School and Heading for the Pros

During this event, we are going to dive into the journeys of young entrepreneurs who transitioned directly from high school to the professional world. Featuring Sam Hall, who was hired out of high school by Sacra and recently funded by a top VC, and Henry Kutrieb, the founder of Kickbot.app, who went from being a discord moderator to founder of successful, bootsreapped startup.

​​Check out a past recording from February 22nd where we chatted with two awesome guests about Anduril and the Defense Tech sector. A little more about our guests:

​Scott Sanders - Chief Growth Officer @ RRAI

​RRAI is an industry-leading vehicle autonomy company providing autonomous driving solutions for defense and commercial applications. Founded in 2002, the Company has leveraged twenty years of experience customizing autonomous solutions to apply best practices across verticals and become a trusted technology partner to the public and private sectors. From people to platforms, at home or overseas, RRAI is driven to make the way you move smarter, safer, and more efficient.

​Ross Fubini - Managing Partner at XYZ Venture Capital

​Operating under the belief that execution solves all problems, XYZ is a venture firm that invests in early-stage founders to help them go faster. XYZ aims to support entrepreneurs in building enduring companies in fintech, enterprise and tech-forgotten industries like insurance and the public sector. The firm primarily backs talented founders at the earliest stages of company building -- people who have discovered a key insight and have an unfair advantage from “doing the work” or based on their own lived experience.

Talk soon,
Adam

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