How much equity does YCombinator get on average?
21st January 2014
My answer to How much equity does YCombinator get on average? on Quora
They almost always take 7%—they get diluted down in further rounds.
More recent articles
- V&A East Storehouse and Operation Mincemeat in London - 27th August 2025
- The Summer of Johann: prompt injections as far as the eye can see - 15th August 2025
- Open weight LLMs exhibit inconsistent performance across providers - 15th August 2025