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Y Combinator operates additional programs and a fund designed to support and invest in startups which have already graduated from the main accelerator program. The Series A Program, YC Post-A Program, and YC Growth
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and $ 375,000 on an uncapped SAFE with a "most favored nation" ("MFN") provision (i.e.: "we get the same best terms you give anyone else in the next round"). Non-profits receive a $ 100,000 donation. The program includes "office hours", where startup founders meet individually and participate in
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In July 2015, Y Combinator introduced the YC Fellowship
Program, aimed at companies at an earlier stage than the main program. The first batch of YC Fellowship included 32 companies that received an equity-free grant instead of an investment. In January 2016, YC changed the program, with
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took part in Y Combinator's inaugural cohort in 2005 as a founder. In 2014, Paul Graham appointed him as
President. Altman introduced a revised equity offering of $ 150,000 for a 7% stake. Collaborations with Transcriptic and Bolt improved support for biotech and hardware startups.
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As of late 2023, Y Combinator had invested in over 4,000 companies, most of which are for-profit, holding a combined valuation of $ 600 billion. Non-profit organizations can also participate in the main YC program. Few non-profits have been accepted in the last years, among them
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glitch, all 15,000 startups that applied to the program were accepted, only to learn a few hours later that they had been rejected. In response to the ensuing outcry, Y Combinator's accepted all 15,000 companies involved in the incident. The same year,
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Michael Seibel for YC Continuity and YC Core programs, respectively. Startup School, introduced in 2017, provided startups with online courses and personalized coaching. More than 1500 startups graduated from the program in its first year.
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joined Y Combinator as a part-time partner in
January 2013 before becoming a full-time partner in 2014. In September 2013, Y Combinator began funding nonprofit organizations that were accepted into the program after testing the concept with
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Advancement Research Community (HARC) project was set up with the "mission to ensure human wisdom exceeds human power". The project was inspired by a conversation between
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and venture capital firm launched in March 2005 which has been used to launch more than 4,000 companies. The accelerator program started in
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business, etc. The program ends with "Demo Day", where startups present their business and technology prototypes to potential investors.
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was chair of HARC and was listed as an advisor in 2017. YC Research disaffiliated with Y Combinator and now operates as Open
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During 2017–2019, YC launched
Startup School, the Series A program, the YC Growth program, Work at a Startup, and YC China.
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Y Combinator interviews and selects two batches of companies per year. The companies receive a total of $ 500,000 in
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926:"Y Combinator's YC VC Will Replace The Start Fund; Includes Yuri Milner, Andreessen Horowitz But Offers Less Money"
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In October 2015, Y Combinator introduced the now-defunct YC Continuity Fund. The fund allowed Y Combinator to make
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In October 2015, YC introduced YC Research to fund long-term fundamental research. Altman donated $ 10m.
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as well as advice, and connections. The $ 500,000 in funding is made up of $ 125,000 on a post-money
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1319:"Y Combinator accepts 15,000 startups into its online school after software glitch causes confusion"
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2415:"Y Combinator Research launches Human Advancement Research Community, Alan Kay participating"
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was also announced. Another project is research on new cities. Australian quantum physicist
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In March 2019, it was reported that Y Combinator was moving headquarters to San Francisco.
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Global outreach became evident in 2016 as YC partners embarked on visits to 11 countries (
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and startups raising their Series B funding of $ 20 million to $ 100 million.
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was the first project undertaken by YC Research, and in January 2016 a second study on
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ecosystem (successful entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, etc.) speak to the founders.
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group meetings. Founders also participate in weekly meetups where guests from the
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1213:"YCombinator Is Coming To India This September; Here's Why You Should Be Excited"
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895:"Start Fund: Yuri Milner, SV Angel Offer EVERY New Y Combinator Startup $ 150k"
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In 2018, Y Combinator announced a new batch of startup schools. After a
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1605:"Y Combinator Names Venture Capitalist Garry Tan As Its Next President"
1380:"Y Combinator accidentally let 15,000 people into an exclusive program"
833:"Y Combinator Closes New $ 8.25 Million Fund, Sequoia Is Lead Investor"
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Y Combinator has introduced additional programs since 2015, including:
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is looking to raise $ 2 billion in new capital in 2024 for YC itself.
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This article is about the company. For the mathematical concept, see
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1289:"1500+ startups graduate Y Combinator's first online Startup School"
1120:"Y Combinator's 'New Deal' for startups: More money, same 7% equity"
1045:"Y Combinator to Fund Non-Profit Startups with Charitable Donations"
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In 2009, Y Combinator secured a $ 2 million investment led by
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2075:"Sam Altman commits $ 10M to start Y Combinator research lab"
2015:"Y Combinator to End Late-Stage Startup Fund, Lays Off Staff"
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1636:"Garry Tan's return is a full circle moment for Y Combinator"
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1710:"Y Combinator's Chief Startup Whisperer Is Demoting Himself"
1349:"Startup School: Every Company that Applied is Now Accepted"
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from the original on January 13, 2024 – via Fortune.
1258:"Y Combinator names new leaders as it changes shape again"
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In March 2024, Seibel stepped down as managing director.
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802:"Y Combinator Gets The Sequoia Capital Seal Of Approval"
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talking about Prototype Day at Y Combinator Summer 2009
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1405:"Y Combinator is launching a startup program in China"
957:"Reddit Cofounder Alexis Ohanian To Join Y Combinator"
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succeeded Altman as Y Combinator's President in 2019.
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pandemic. Companies started via Y Combinator include
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476:that converts into shares only if a company has an
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1738:"Y Combinator Is Raising Billions In New Funding"
628:"Y Combinator's first batch: where are they now?"
323:and Harj Taggar were named partners in November.
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4321:Financial services companies based in California
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502:is a research fellow at YC Research since 2017.
315:Advisory roles were assumed by Harj Taggar and
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210:in 2019, and was entirely online during the
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684:"The next generation of startups is remote"
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4009:Private investment in public equity (PIPE)
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1256:Schubarth, Cromwell (September 13, 2016).
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1378:Schleifer, Theodore (February 27, 2019).
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4306:Business incubators of the United States
3509:Business incubators of the United States
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1634:Mascarenhas, Natasha (August 29, 2022).
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990:. Y Combinator Posterous. Archived from
955:Arrington, Michael (September 1, 2010).
714:"Y Combinator Top Companies List – 2019"
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2312:from the original on September 18, 2018
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1560:from the original on September 15, 2022
1548:Mascarenhas, Natasha (August 2, 2022).
893:Arrington, Michael (January 28, 2011).
843:from the original on September 15, 2018
812:from the original on September 19, 2012
663:from the original on September 30, 2023
626:Jackson, Christopher (August 5, 2012).
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1151:"Transcriptic for YC biotech startups"
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1939:from the original on October 17, 2018
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1685:Mathews, Jessica (January 12, 2024).
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1024:from the original on August 12, 2020
587:Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator
311:Former headquarters in Mountain View
3609:Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse
2470:. November 26, 2017. Archived from
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3604:New Jersey Institute of Technology
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2146:from the original on June 11, 2016
2136:"YCR is a non-profit research lab"
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1830:from the original on March 3, 2020
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1517:Seibel, Michael (April 20, 2020).
1472:from the original on June 17, 2019
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1359:from the original on June 17, 2020
1211:Modgil, Shweta (August 16, 2016).
1088:Graham, Paul (February 21, 2014).
986:Graham, Paul (November 12, 2010).
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4336:2005 establishments in California
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2526:from the original on May 19, 2022
2302:"YC Will Now Fund Nonprofits Too"
2253:Kawamoto, Dawn (March 11, 2019).
2104:Newton, Casey (October 7, 2015).
1243:"Y Combinator Companies - OpenAI"
694:from the original on July 7, 2021
4326:Companies based in San Francisco
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1901:Loizos, Connie (July 20, 2015).
1763:"The Y Combinator Standard Deal"
1287:Constine, Josh (June 16, 2017).
1180:Altman, Sam (February 5, 2014).
1149:Altman, Sam (December 8, 2014).
1043:Yeung, Ken (September 6, 2013).
924:Rao, Leena (November 26, 2012).
3644:Technology Centre of New Jersey
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862:Rao, Leena (February 9, 2013).
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3659:University City Science Center
2073:Yeung, Ken (October 8, 2015).
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4260:List of venture capital firms
3614:Portland Incubator Experiment
3579:Interval Research Corporation
2565:, formerly Y Combinator China
1462:"Geoff Ralston for President"
770:Graham, Paul (January 2009).
682:Patel, Nilay (June 8, 2021).
657:"Y Combinator Companies List"
612:
602:List of Y Combinator startups
4240:List of private equity firms
3997:Business Development Company
3544:Darden Progressive Incubator
2260:San Francisco Business Times
194:) is an American technology
188:Y Combinator Management, LLC
40:Y Combinator Management, LLC
29:American startup accelerator
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831:Rao, Leena (May 21, 2010).
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4084:High-net-worth individuals
3874:Leveraged recapitalization
1818:Graham, Paul (June 2014).
1090:"Sam Altman for President"
741:"How Y Combinator Started"
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34:Y combinator (mathematics)
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1580:"Welcome Home, Garry Tan"
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1075:"Y Combinator Companies"
276:Cambridge, Massachusetts
4039:Institutional investors
3664:US Market Access Center
2638:Partners (past/present)
1431:"An update on YC China"
772:"California Year-Round"
478:initial public offering
415:in the spring of 2023.
4177:Liquidation preference
4142:Distribution waterfall
4094:Sovereign wealth funds
3584:LA Cleantech Incubator
2048:Y Combinator Posthaven
1963:Y Combinator Posthaven
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18:Y Combinator (company)
4250:Venture capital firms
4002:Venture capital trust
3654:Teknekron Corporation
3549:The Founder Institute
2705:Y Combinator startups
2563:Wonderful Performance
2474:on November 26, 2017.
2140:Y Combinator Research
1519:"YC S20 Remote Batch"
548:Open Research project
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4230:Private equity firms
3958:Private equity firms
3907:Post-money valuation
3784:Equity co-investment
1995:. September 13, 2016
1935:. January 14, 2021.
1820:"What happens at YC"
1020:. December 3, 2014.
474:convertible security
268:Robert Tappan Morris
104:Robert Tappan Morris
4280:Portfolio companies
4197:Undercapitalization
4049:Insurance companies
3967:Limited partnership
3912:Pre-money valuation
3574:Innovation Pavilion
3559:Green Launching Pad
2520:openresearchlab.org
1882:on October 18, 2021
1876:"YC Growth Program"
1856:on October 18, 2021
1355:. August 20, 2018.
1325:. August 21, 2018.
994:on October 28, 2012
402:Most Favored Nation
258:Founded in 2005 by
196:startup accelerator
131:Number of locations
68:Startup accelerator
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4132:Capital commitment
3902:Business incubator
3869:Buy–sell agreement
3619:San Jose BioCenter
2619:Jessica Livingston
2197:michaelnielsen.org
1126:. April 23, 2014.
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2224:"Updates from YC"
2193:"Michael Nielsen"
1411:. August 15, 2018
1353:Y Combinator Blog
1182:"YC for Hardware"
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440:in return for 7%
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3987:Pledge fund
3779:Secondaries
3569:Imagine H2O
3554:Founder.org
3450:MiraclePlus
3445:Hacker News
3057:Canopy Labs
2614:Paul Graham
2316:October 18,
2150:October 22,
2079:VentureBeat
2058:October 22,
1973:January 27,
1943:January 14,
1886:October 18,
1860:October 18,
1803:January 16,
1445:October 27,
1415:October 27,
1323:VentureBeat
1272:October 18,
1196:October 22,
1165:October 22,
1124:VentureBeat
1104:October 22,
940:October 22,
909:October 22,
878:January 20,
786:October 22,
755:October 22,
592:Hacker News
562:Bret Victor
458:high growth
387:MiraclePlus
301:Paul Graham
291:Yuri Milner
260:Paul Graham
177:ycombinator
96:Paul Graham
4295:Categories
4152:Envy ratio
4059:Endowments
3922:Seed money
3836:Terms and
3629:SplatSpace
3519:500 Global
3201:Strikingly
3191:Experiment
3112:LightTable
2986:OrderAhead
2966:LeadGenius
2951:HackerRank
2936:Codecademy
2877:Optimizely
2826:Virtualmin
2685:Justin Kan
2336:TechCrunch
1993:TechCrunch
1907:TechCrunch
1640:TechCrunch
1554:TechCrunch
1496:TechCrunch
1409:TechCrunch
1333:August 22,
1293:TechCrunch
1059:October 1,
1028:August 29,
961:TechCrunch
930:TechCrunch
899:TechCrunch
806:TechCrunch
613:References
597:HighTechXL
554:Sam Altman
434:seed money
334:Sam Altman
141:Key people
4122:Cap table
4027:Investors
3951:Structure
3769:Mezzanine
3757:Leveraged
3649:Techstars
3539:Betaworks
3418:2021–2022
3397:2019–2020
3341:2016–2018
3292:Move Loot
3257:Bluesmart
3235:2014–2015
3211:True Link
3206:Teespring
3196:Goldbelly
3122:Socialcam
3097:Instacart
3052:BufferBox
3026:ZeroCater
2897:RethinkDB
2887:PagerDuty
2840:2009−2010
2816:Posterous
2796:Justin.tv
2766:280 North
2759:2007–2008
2713:2005−2006
2675:Holly Liu
2665:Garry Tan
2468:"Members"
2271:March 16,
2238:March 11,
2207:March 27,
2110:The Verge
2024:August 3,
1721:March 17,
1670:August 3,
1533:April 21,
1363:April 16,
1303:April 13,
1018:USA Today
688:The Verge
607:Techstars
526:New Story
422:Garry Tan
409:Garry Tan
354:Argentina
236:Instacart
146:Garry Tan
4172:Leverage
4108:Related
3838:concepts
3692:Category
3534:AngelPad
3468:Category
3425:Coinrule
3282:Kickback
3267:Flexport
3226:Zenefits
3186:DoorDash
3181:CrowdMed
3140:Tilt.com
3135:The Muse
3130:Swiftype
3117:PlanGrid
3067:Diaspora
3062:Coinbase
3016:Verbling
3011:Upverter
2946:Firebase
2941:DrChrono
2916:Zencoder
2907:WakeMate
2882:OwnLocal
2872:Mixpanel
2821:Songkick
2806:Octopart
2720:Clustrix
2524:Archived
2500:March 6,
2494:Archived
2446:Archived
2419:Archived
2393:Archived
2367:Archived
2310:Archived
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2052:Archived
1967:Archived
1937:Archived
1917:July 21,
1911:Archived
1828:Archived
1797:Archived
1772:July 10,
1747:April 1,
1695:Archived
1645:July 19,
1613:Archived
1589:July 19,
1558:Archived
1527:Archived
1476:June 17,
1470:Archived
1439:Archived
1357:Archived
1327:Archived
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903:Archived
872:Archived
847:June 22,
841:Archived
810:Archived
718:Archived
692:Archived
661:Archived
632:Archived
576:See also
558:Alan Kay
485:pro rata
428:Programs
370:software
350:Portugal
228:DoorDash
220:Coinbase
212:COVID-19
161:Products
92:Founders
64:Industry
4182:M&A
3889:Venture
3794:History
3764:Venture
3589:Mach 37
3564:Idealab
3409:Upsolve
3363:LendEDU
3332:Zidisha
3322:Unbabel
3297:Paribus
3272:Gigster
3252:Algolia
3247:AirPair
3221:Webflow
3171:Bitnami
3166:Airware
3126:Survata
3102:Kamcord
3092:Hackpad
3047:Boosted
3021:Vidyard
3001:Quartzy
2981:MongoHQ
2862:Homejoy
2811:Parakey
2786:Dropbox
2530:May 19,
2490:ycr.org
2342:July 9,
698:July 5,
566:Vi Hart
534:Zidisha
346:Denmark
342:Nigeria
254:History
232:Dropbox
172:Website
84:2005-03
82: (
74:Founded
58:Private
4147:EBITDA
3846:Buyout
3774:Growth
3752:Buyout
3634:StartX
3383:Replit
3373:Netomi
3317:uBiome
3302:Platzi
3277:GitLab
3161:7 Cups
3145:Zapier
3107:LendUp
2976:Meteor
2971:MemSQL
2961:Lanyrd
2931:Circle
2902:Stripe
2867:Listia
2852:Airbnb
2831:Weebly
2801:Ninite
2791:Heroku
2781:Disqus
2771:AppJet
2740:Scribd
2735:Reddit
2730:OMGPop
2442:"HARC"
2359:"HARC"
1834:May 8,
1742:Forbes
1609:Forbes
1217:Inc 42
564:, and
540:, and
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