New YC homepage

#1

Post by sarreph » Fri, Jan 23, 2026, 6:08 PM UTC

Re: New YC homepage

#2

Post by TheCoreh » Fri, Jan 23, 2026, 9:21 PM UTC

Looks good.

A minor piece of feedback, though: might be just me, not sure if anyone else has this pavlovian conditioning, but seeing the black banner/bar on top with the YC logo/color below and HN background color immediately makes me think someone passed away.

Re: New YC homepage

#3

Post by wizzwizz4 » Fri, Jan 23, 2026, 9:23 PM UTC

TheCoreh wrote: post #2

Looks good. A minor piece of feedback, though: might be just me, not sure if anyone else has this pavlovian conditioning, but seeing the black banner/bar on top with the YC logo/color below and HN background color immediately makes me think someone passed away.

I think it's fine. If it were a black bar and then an orange bar, that would be a different matter.

Re: New YC homepage

#4

Post by ls-a » Fri, Jan 23, 2026, 9:28 PM UTC

I found the switch of focus from startups/businesses to founders/CEOs particularly strange. Looks like a political campaign to me.

Re: New YC homepage

#5

Post by alephnerd » Fri, Jan 23, 2026, 9:29 PM UTC

ls-a wrote: post #4

I found the switch of focus from startups/businesses to founders/CEOs particularly strange. Looks like a political campaign to me.

YC has always been founder first.

Back when they started in the 2000s, most traditional VCs didn't recognize that high impact individuals can easily pivot or define product categories, and only concentrated on financial engineering (DCF go brrrrrr).

YC often also mentors founders on pivots (I'd say at least a third of all startups that make it to demo day were mentored into some sort of a pivot).

YC also needs to pivot it's marketing to compete with a16z Speedrun and PeakXV Surge, both of which really center on the founder first approach or Operators-turned-Angels - which I assume this marketing shift is about.

Re: New YC homepage

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jan 23, 2026, 9:31 PM UTC

alephnerd wrote: post #5

ls-a wrote: post #4

I found the switch of focus from startups/businesses to founders/CEOs particularly strange. Looks like a political campaign to me.

YC has always been founder first. Back when they started in the 2000s, most traditional VCs didn't recognize that high impact individuals can easily pivot or define product categories, and only concentrated on financial engineering (DCF go brrrrrr ). YC often also mentors founders on pivots (I'd say at least a third of all startups that make it to demo day were mentored into some sort of a pivot). YC also needs to pi…

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Re: New YC homepage

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jan 23, 2026, 9:36 PM UTC

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Re: New YC homepage

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Post by 0xferruccio » Fri, Jan 23, 2026, 9:39 PM UTC

some of the design interactions are really polished. the section written with the quotes from founders is really cool. the hover effect with the before and after of the YC partners is a great touch too!

Re: New YC homepage

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jan 23, 2026, 9:41 PM UTC

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Re: New YC homepage

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jan 23, 2026, 9:42 PM UTC

alephnerd wrote: post #5

ls-a wrote: post #4

I found the switch of focus from startups/businesses to founders/CEOs particularly strange. Looks like a political campaign to me.

YC has always been founder first. Back when they started in the 2000s, most traditional VCs didn't recognize that high impact individuals can easily pivot or define product categories, and only concentrated on financial engineering (DCF go brrrrrr ). YC often also mentors founders on pivots (I'd say at least a third of all startups that make it to demo day were mentored into some sort of a pivot). YC also needs to pi…

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