@y_combinatorY Combinator

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card updated Oct 25, 2026 · 12 of 22 clips with full stats · following 21 · 217,700 likes total

Engagement4.77%normal range

Account summary

@y_combinator has 74,100 followers and 192 videos. Across the 22 parsed clips the average is 25,897 views and 1,647 likes. Engagement to views is 4.77%, which is normal range for TikTok. On the newer half of the feed the response is rising (+1.11 pp). Posts roughly 0.1 times a week. An average clip reaches 35% of the follower count.

Followers

74.1K

+2.8K in period

Engagement

4.77%

+1.11 pp newer half

Average views

25.9K

median 5.4K

Likes per clip

1.6K

23 comments avg

Shares / saves

181 / 466

1.2% of viewers save

Posting rate

0.1 / wk

reach 35% of followers

Latest clips

22 collected

Applied Electrodynamics is building cameras that can see through walls — @y_combinator

2.1K2:01Applied Electrodynamics is building cameras that can see through walls and other opaque materials. Using radio waves, th1093320

Tensr is building robotic factories that build robots. Their 12,000-sq — @y_combinator

2.2K1:50Tensr is building robotic factories that build robots. Their 12,000-square-foot factory is already making humanoids, end1110715

Hop Aero is building rockets that can deliver cargo anywhere on Earth — @y_combinator

5K2:22Hop Aero is building rockets that can deliver cargo anywhere on Earth in minutes. They’re starting with military logisti32771746

A lot of construction work is still done by hand simply because the ma — @y_combinator

1.9K2:23A lot of construction work is still done by hand simply because the machines to automate it don’t exist. That’s become a1122217

Attack drones are reshaping modern warfare, but many countries still l — @y_combinator

1.9K1:52Attack drones are reshaping modern warfare, but many countries still lack an effective way to defend their airspace. Ear1054614

Magnets are becoming critical to the future of robotics, defense, and — @y_combinator

42.7K2:50Magnets are becoming critical to the future of robotics, defense, and other major US industries. But 90% of rare earth m2.2K23133534

Paul Graham on what drives founders through the hard parts: “Being dut — @y_combinator

6.5K1:48Paul Graham on what drives founders through the hard parts: “Being dutiful is not enough. The obstacles are too fearsome36671456

Five minutes before the deadline, Cathy Di applied to YC with an idea: — @y_combinator

39.1K1:07Five minutes before the deadline, Cathy Di applied to YC with an idea: Dedalus Labs. Months later, she's now running a c7561863153

For Priya Khandelwal and her company Nixo, the key to growing fast was — @y_combinator

127.2K1:07For Priya Khandelwal and her company Nixo, the key to growing fast was being part of a community of founders solving tou4.2K26394776

A great demo actually feels like a good story. #startup #tech #yc #sal — @y_combinator

104.9K1:39A great demo actually feels like a good story. #startup #tech #yc #sales 5.8K411.2K2.8K

Learning how to code might make you smarter. #startup #yc #tech #ai — @y_combinator

83.9K1:05Learning how to code might make you smarter. #startup #yc #tech #ai 3K102146465

It’s all about your users. #startup #entrepreneur #founder — @y_combinator

47.8K0:56It’s all about your users. #startup #entrepreneur #founder 2.7K40234718

Paul Graham on what surprised him most about AI: “The way we thought i — @y_combinator

3.5KPaul Graham on what surprised him most about AI: “The way we thought it was all going to play out was you start out with0000

Alexandr Wang on what matters in an age of abundant intelligence: “The — @y_combinator

38.6KAlexandr Wang on what matters in an age of abundant intelligence: “The scarce resource isn’t going to be intelligence or0000

Jensen Huang on why founders don’t need to be right from day one, but — @y_combinator

4.9KJensen Huang on why founders don’t need to be right from day one, but they do need to be able to learn quickly: “The tec0000

Demis Hassabis on choosing what’s worth spending your life building in — @y_combinator

3.3KDemis Hassabis on choosing what’s worth spending your life building in a world changing this fast: “Going after hard pro0000

Starship could make access to orbit orders of magnitude cheaper and mo — @y_combinator

5.8KStarship could make access to orbit orders of magnitude cheaper and more abundant. That changes which space businesses a0000

Robot foundation models are starting to transfer skills from one machi — @y_combinator

2.2KRobot foundation models are starting to transfer skills from one machine to another, which means the bottleneck is shift0000

Most people talk about AI replacing workers. We’re excited about the o — @y_combinator

526Most people talk about AI replacing workers. We’re excited about the opposite: AI that turns ordinary workers into exper0000

The AI data center buildout is creating shortages far beyond GPUs and — @y_combinator

6KThe AI data center buildout is creating shortages far beyond GPUs and power. Transformers take years to get, while switc0000

Applying for government benefits means proving the same facts again an — @y_combinator

3.6KApplying for government benefits means proving the same facts again and again across systems that don’t talk to each oth0000

Most companies building with AI still rent their intelligence from fro — @y_combinator

36.2KMost companies building with AI still rent their intelligence from frontier labs. As open models improve, more companies0000

Engagement per clip

12 parsed clips · newest on the right · click a bar to open the clip peak: 7.0% ER

Jan 26Sep 11Oct 2

Date	Views	Likes	Comments	Shares	Saves	ER
Oct 2, 2026	2,059	109	3	3	20	5.59%
Sep 28, 2026	2,192	111	0	7	15	5.38%
Sep 25, 2026	4,992	327	7	17	46	7.03%
Sep 24, 2026	1,919	112	2	2	17	6.04%
Sep 22, 2026	1,882	105	4	6	14	6.11%
Sep 11, 2026	42,700	2,236	23	133	534	5.60%
Sep 3, 2026	6,515	366	7	14	56	5.94%
Nov 11, 2025	39,100	756	18	63	153	2.14%
Nov 9, 2025	127,200	4,167	26	394	776	3.61%
Jul 23, 2024	104,900	5,776	41	1,153	2,781	6.64%
Jun 28, 2024	83,900	3,042	102	146	465	3.92%
Jan 26, 2024	47,800	2,656	40	234	718	6.13%