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July 31, 2023

Want to get in Y Combinator? Don't do this

Five mistakes to avoid in your Y Combinator application, from someone who will be looking at it

Almost a decade ago, Nicolas Dessaigne was one of the few Europeans accepted to Silicon Valley accelerator Y Combinator. He joined the winter 2014 cohort with Algolia, the startup he cofounded to give developers tools to build search functions into apps and websites — now valued at $2.25bn. 

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Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Paris. She covers French tech and writes Sifted's AI and Deeptech newsletter . You can find her on X and LinkedIn

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