[tim2]

[nevermind] ---Untrue. Unless your product has already shown considerable traction or you're a startup legend, it is 100% percent certain that they will not accept you as a single founder.

Not making a judgement on this policy, it just seems fair for people to know before they take the time to apply as a single founder.

[pg]

it is 100% percent certain that they will not accept you as a single founder

Two of the startups in the current batch were run by single founders when we accepted them. Neither was a startup legend or had any traction.

The odds of being accepted are much greater (roughly 4x) with a cofounder, but it's not impossible to get funded as a single founder.

[daniel-cussen]

Did they got co-founders? How does this work out?

[mixmax]

This is an interesting question that I would love to see some answers to. Locating a co-founder at a later time doesn't seem to be a bad idea.

[pchristensen]

I also be it would be much easier to find a cofounder if you've already secured YC-status.

[tim2]

Thankyou for the clarification.

[mixmax]

Do you have some kind of metrics for this, do you have inside information, or is it an educated guess?

[redorb]

its PG, a ycombinator founder, thus - his numbers should be correct

[mixmax]

yeah I know, just posted the question before PG gave the answer :-)