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Ask HN: What's the most successful company YC has rejected?

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Post by sundance0 » Mon, Mar 24, 2014, 6:12 AM UTC

Have there been any large, successful companies that applied to YC and were rejected?

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Post by austengary » Mon, Mar 24, 2014, 10:08 AM UTC

Maybe SendGird

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#3

Post by anthony_franco » Mon, Mar 24, 2014, 11:22 AM UTC

Technically speaking, Dropbox at one point was also a YC reject.

Re: Ask HN: What's the most successful company YC has rejected?

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Post by sundance0 » Mon, Mar 24, 2014, 3:34 PM UTC

austengary wrote: post #2

Maybe SendGird

Sounds like you might be right:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rVpAKziQJA&t=44m20s

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