How many employees work at Y Combinator?
Y Combinator LLC has 2,250 employees, according to Revelio Labs workforce intelligence data. The YoY growth rate is 6.6%.
Data source: Revelio Labs Coverage: Global workforce Latest update: September 2025
About Y Combinator
Y Combinator (YC) is a startup fund and program. Since 2005, YC has invested in nearly 3,000 companies including Airbnb, DoorDash, Stripe, Instacart, Dropbox, and Coinbase. The combined valuation of YC companies is over $300B. YC has programs and resources that support founders throughout the life of their company. Startup School teaches the basics of starting a company. The YC batch program helps founders as they build their product, talk to their customers, and raise funding. Work at a Startup makes it easy for founders to find their first engineers.
As of September 2025
Y Combinator
workforce metrics
Headcount
2.3k
Avg. Salary
$86.7k
Tenure
2.3yr
Growth Rate
6.6%
Hiring Rate
Attrition Rate
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Employee Headcount
Interactive chart of Y Combinator annual worldwide employee count from 2023 to 2025.
- Y Combinator total number of employees in 2025 was 2,265.756, a 6.6% increase from 2024.
- Y Combinator total number of employees in 2024 was 2,126.676, a 2.7% increase from 2023.
- Y Combinator total number of employees in 2023 was 2,065.66, a 0.8% increase from 2022.
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Employee Geographic Breakdown
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Active Job Postings
Interactive chart of Y Combinator annual active job postings from 2023 to 2025.
- Y Combinator active job postings in 2025 was 28, a 56.4% decline from 2024.
- Y Combinator active job postings in 2024 was 40, a 85.7% increase from 2023.
- Y Combinator active job postings in 2023 was 16, a 31.6% decline from 2022.
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Employee Sentiment
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