{"id":14580,"date":"2025-10-31T14:31:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T12:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/?p=14580"},"modified":"2025-11-05T13:27:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T11:27:17","slug":"y-combinator-make-exception-for-ua-startups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2025\/10\/y-combinator-make-exception-for-ua-startups\/","title":{"rendered":"The American accelerator Y Combinator is ready to accept Ukrainian defence startups \u2013 even remotely"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukrainian defence tech startups now have a chance to participate in the Y Combinator accelerator programme under special terms. The accelerator\u2019s partner Jared Friedman stated that the project team is ready to make an exception for Ukrainians, since not all founders have the opportunity to leave the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recently, Y Combinator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ycombinator.com\/apply\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">announced<\/a> its winter programme (January \u2013 March) in San Francisco. Ukrainian entrepreneur Oleg Kotsour, who is now working on a project in the US, emphasised in his post on X that Y Combinator\u2019s rules exclude founders from countries at war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The problem with Ukrainian drone startups applying to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ycombinator?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ycombinator<\/a> is that the founders may not be able to leave the country to participate in YC. <br><br>There should be remote exceptions for founders in countries at war. The same may eventually become the case for Taiwan.<br><br>Perhaps\u2026<\/p>&mdash; Oleg Kostour \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@OlegKostour) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OlegKostour\/status\/1984047433958224340?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jared Friedman responded to the post, stating that Y Combinator is prepared to consider exceptional conditions for Ukrainians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We would consider an exception here.<\/p>&mdash; Jared Friedman (@snowmaker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/snowmaker\/status\/1984089685640278390?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thus, Ukrainian founders in the defence-tech sector can apply to Y Combinator\u2019s programme. The application deadline is 10 November. You can apply&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apply.ycombinator.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The accelerator team encourages startups to apply as early as possible. If Y Combinator\u2019s admissions committee approves an application, founders will be invited to an interview via videoconference in November or December, with decisions given on the same day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Y Combinator also stresses that startups receive investment from the accelerator&nbsp;<em>before<\/em>&nbsp;the programme begins. Participation includes not only the educational component but a $500,000 investment, split into two tranches. However, the startup must establish a legal entity in the U.S. state of Delaware. At the end of the programme, the accelerator team helps startups attract additional investment by connecting them to a large network of investors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before 2024, Y Combinator did not accept applications from defence tech projects. The rules were recently changed and the accelerator now has a number of defence tech startups in its portfolio. Oleg Kotsour discussed this in a separate thread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1\/\u26a1\ufe0fImportant: Ukrainian Drone Tech Founders\u26a1\ufe0f<br><br>YC says they would consider exceptions for Ukrainian founders applying who cannot travel to the US<br><br>The Winter 2026 deadline is Nov 8<br><br>Acceptance comes with $500,000 in funding, and a chance to raise MILLIONS from US investors \ud83e\uddf5\u2b07\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pKUj51VCXA\">https:\/\/t.co\/pKUj51VCXA<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Oleg Kostour \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@OlegKostour) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OlegKostour\/status\/1984130194157035725?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Y Combinator is a leading global accelerator. The project has invested in over 5,000 startups. Alumni include Airbnb, DoorDash, Coinbase, Dropbox, Twitch, Reddit, Stripe, and others with billion-dollar valuations. The total valuation of companies in the accelerator\u2019s portfolio exceeds $800 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukrainian-founded companies have also participated in Y Combinator programmes, including Awesomic, AiSDR, YouTeam, Datrics, and Petcube \u2014 the latter founded by <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/tags\/yaroslav-azhnyuk\/\">Yarosl\u00adav Azhnyuk<\/a>, who now develops defence tech startups <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/tags\/fourth-law\/\">The Fourth Law<\/a> and Odd Systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to participating in a three-month training programme, Y Combinator participants receive $500,000 in 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