FoundersAround YC Map
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FoundersAround YC Map
A Map of All YC Companies (5,300 Startups by Batch and Location)
yc.foundersaround.com#yc companies#startup map#y combinator#companies by location
How HN took it
1 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 17 critical, out of 28 comments about the project. Thread score -0.49.
Execution: 0 for, 14 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Cool visual idea showing where YC companies landed.
From 3 comments
Ignoring the fact the YC data is often out of date, I think this is really cool, and it speaks to trends in the industry. In particular, I'm surprised how few YC companies end up…
guywithahat on HNThis is really cool. A big YC advantage is instant access to 5,000 plus peer companies as warm leads. That built in network makes early cross selling much easier than starting…
aaa_2006 on HNlooks cool - would be nice if it could view by city.
mxpxrocks10 on HN
Objections
Location data is inaccurate and often out of date.
From 5 comments
The source information is inaccurate though, so take it with a grain of salt. I spot checked a few companies that have moved, and it shows their original locations from a few…
BugsJustFindMe on HNThe geocoding needs some work. There are 4 companies indicated as being located in Richmond, Virginia. At least two of them are clearly in Richmond, California. I suspect all of…
dschep on HN3 companies in columbia sc but further investigation yields columbia md for 2 and columbia mo for the third. So state data seems pretty non-existent
msdrigg on HNOne annoyance with this is all of the NY, USA companies that don't explicitly say NYC end up in Syracuse.
ecshafer on HNThe data is inaccurate, the map is a vibe-coded mess, and the prompting to buy ad space on the map makes this look like a low-effort cash grab. Too bad, really... the idea of…
codingdave on HN
Buggy: zoom hides numbers, crashes and fails on some browsers and mobile.
From 4 comments
FYI, clicking on a number to zoom in, and then zooming back out, makes all the numbers disappear.
jedberg on HNDoesn’t seem to work on mobile iOS - clicking an icon of “2” doesn’t open anything, and then zooming back out the icons didn’t reload for the zoomed out area
soared on HNThis site crashes Firefox.
diego_moita on HNIdea is interesting. It looked great… until you actually tried to actually use the web app. Then nothing worked.
serial_dev on HN
Ads prompt makes it look like a cash grab.
From 1 comment
The data is inaccurate, the map is a vibe-coded mess, and the prompting to buy ad space on the map makes this look like a low-effort cash grab. Too bad, really... the idea of…
codingdave on HN
Requests
Group companies by founders' origin country.
From 1 comment
Nice, but unfortunately, lots of companies relocate to the US, e.g, Algolia is shown in SF, but it's a French company. It would be nice to have by founders' origin
h1fra on HN
View by city.
From 1 comment
looks cool - would be nice if it could view by city.
mxpxrocks10 on HN
Questions
How were exact locations pinpointed?
From 1 comment
How did you pinpoint the exact location?
Kiran_p on HN
What tool was used to scrape the YC directory?
From 2 comments
Did you scrape YC startup directory for this?
blinkers on HNWhat did you use to do it?
wordpad on HN