YC S20 Application Status Update

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—————————— SUBJECT: Your Y Combinator Application Thanks for applying to Y Combinator. We're sorry to say that your startup was not selected to interview for the upcoming Y Combinator batch. Please don't take it personally. We carefully reviewed thousands of applications and since there's a limit on the number of startups we can interview in person, we had to turn away a lot of promising companies. Unfortunately we can't give you individual feedback about your application. This page explains why: https://www.ycombinator.com/whynot/ We hope you reapply for the next batch; in fact, we encourage it. The next batch will run from January—March 2021 and the deadline to apply for it is September 2020. Applying multiple times does not count against you and a surprisingly large number of companies are funded after applying more than once. Over 50% of the startups we accept are repeat applicants. We also encourage you to check out Y Combinator’s Startup School. It’s a free online course that keeps you focused on improving your startup. Sign up at startupschool.org. Best of luck, —YC —————————— SUBJECT: (Correction) Your Y Combinator Application We apologize for the mistake on the previous email: the next the batch will run from January—March 2021 and the deadline to apply for it is September 2020. We are sorry for any confusion this may have caused. —YC

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