AICW AI Mentions

AI Mentions, Links & Domains Report for Y Combinator

#14
organization,product

OpenAI

Mentioned by 5 AI models

2.2%
Share of Voice

About OpenAI (organization,product)

This page provides details about OpenAI (organization,product) which was ranked #14 out of 65 in the list of brands (16 mentions (2.2% share)) in answers from AI models (Perplexity Sonar Pro Search, Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest, OpenAI ChatGPT Latest, Google Gemini Flash (latest), xAI Grok Latest) when they were asked the following 2 questions: "What is Y Combinator known for today, and which organizations, products, people, publications, communities, or websites are most closely associated with it? Include direct source links for every notable entity when available.", "What alternatives, competitors, partners, adjacent products, customers, use cases, or ecosystem players are commonly mentioned alongside Y Combinator? Explain the relationship of each one and cite official or high-quality sources." on May 12, 2026 by AICW AI Mentions.

#14
Rank
2.2%
Voice
27
Position
16 (2.2%)
Mentions

Mentions by AI Model

Model Voice Position Mentions
O OpenAI ChatGPT Latest 0.3% 34 5
G Google Gemini Flash (latest) 0.2% 20 3
A Anthropic Claude Sonnet Latest 0% 17 5
x xAI Grok Latest 0% 15 2
P Perplexity Sonar Pro Search 0% 9 1

Source Links

Citations from AI Responses

What is Y Combinator known for today, and which organizations, products, people, publications, communities, or websites are most closely associated with it? Include direct source links for every notable entity when available.

[...] tfolio Companies Y Combinator is best known for backing transformative companies that became industry leaders: | Company | Valuation/Outcome | YC Batch | Focus | |---------|-------------------|----------|-------| | [Airbnb](https://www.airbnb.com) | $100B+ (public) | W09 | Hospitality/Travel | | [OpenAI](https://openai.com) | $500B+ (private) | S05 | Artificial Intelligence | | [Stripe](https://stripe.com) | $107B (private) | W07, S09 | Payments Infrastructure | | [Coinbase](https://www.coinbase.com) | $86B (public) | S12 | Cryptocurrency | | [DoorDash](https://www.doordash.com) | $39B+ (public) | [...]

May 12, 2026