Seventy-nine European founders are part of the famed US startup accelerator Y Combinator’s winter cohort this year — compared to 85 in last year’s summer cohort and 72 in the 2022 winter cohort — making up about 13% of the roughly 600 entrepreneurs taking part.
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March 6, 2023
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Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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