I know a couple companies who understood the deadline was on the 13th. ie. Meaning applications closed 23:59 PST on August 13th. Not that applications closed 0:00:01 on August 13th.
We have a couple of founders here in the UK who got caught out by the same misunderstanding. I’m emailing the guys at YC to see if there’s anything that can be done. Late submissions are possible for the core YC program, so fingers crossed!
If you email me at startupschool.review@gmail.com I can keep you updated on the situation.
Just spoke to the team at YC, they’ve extended the cut off time for us! You should be able to apply now. The deadline is 11:59pm PST, that’s tomorrow 7:59am GMT.
Let me know if you would like feedback on your answers. Happy to arrange help.
If you email me at startupschool.review@gmail.com I can keep you updated on the situation.