Is Y Combinator a good place to start an AI company?

There has never been a better time to start an AI company than now, and there is no better place to start an AI company than Y Combinator. This batch brings the YC community to over 10,000 founders across more than 4,500 startups. 350+ of those startups are valued at more than $150 million; 90+ of them are valued at more than $1 billion.

How many AI startups are in the Y Combinator Winter 2024 cohort?

The Y Combinator Winter 2024 cohort has 86 AI startups, according to YC’s official startup directory — nearly double the number from the Winter 2023 batch and close to triple the number from Winter 2021. Call it a bubble or overhyped, but clearly, AI is the tech of the moment.

Why did AI startups dominate Y Combinator's Winter 2024 Demo Day?

Despite an overall decline in startup investing, funding for AI surged in the past year. Capital toward generative AI ventures alone nearly octupled from 2022 to 2023, reaching $25.2 billion toward the tail end of December. So it’s not exactly surprising that AI startups dominated at Y Combinator’s Winter 2024 Demo Day.