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The humble beginnings of YCombinator

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The Y Combinator of Silicon Valley

Y Combinator would have one branch in Cambridge and another in Mountain View with programs taking place each summer and winter. Reddit, one of the companies from Y Combinator's very first batch was acquired by Conde Nast. In just 16 months after founders, Alexis O'Hannion and Steve Huffman founded the company, he would later find out that the acquisition price was 10 million.

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