AI startup founders from Y Combinator’s latest class reveal the top 3 things they learned from the accelerator

• Y Combinator accepted 282 startups for its coveted winter 2023 accelerator program.
• Several AI startup founders who participated said the program had many more in person events.
• And they also said it was a huge benefit and made a difference being in San Francisco. 

For its winter 2023 cohort, Y Combinator accepted founders from 282 startups for its coveted startup accelerator program. And after three years of batches that were primarily remote-first, the recent winter batch had significantly more in-person elements than the last few cohorts — 86% of the batch was based where the program typically takes place at its headquarters in San Francisco, according to Y Combinator.