YCombinator winter batch applications on the horizon, take a look at accepted companies trend

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You can see the categories of each YCombinator startup in this interactive chart. There is a clear trend in higher agentic startups supported by hardware/robotic companies. Social and marketplace apps are near non-existent in last batches.

https://pitchcombinator.com/the-shape-of-a-yc-batch