Nice, but unfortunately, lots of companies relocate to the US, e.g, Algolia is shown in SF, but it's a French company.
It would be nice to have by founders' origin
Origins don’t matter, it’s a vanity metric. You can’t control where you originate from so that’s not actionable data. What matters more is seeing where companies are ultimately establishing themselves.
Soooo basically half of them are in SF, south of Pine St, east of Webster, north of 16th, west of the Powell St BART station AKA Mission Dolores / SOMA / Hayes Valley / Van Ness.
This is really cool. A big YC advantage is instant access to 5,000 plus peer companies as warm leads. That built in network makes early cross selling much easier than starting cold.
Doesn’t seem to work on mobile iOS - clicking an icon of “2” doesn’t open anything, and then zooming back out the icons didn’t reload for the zoomed out area
Ignoring the fact the YC data is often out of date, I think this is really cool, and it speaks to trends in the industry. In particular, I'm surprised how few YC companies end up in Austin or Seattle, which are traditionally thought of as top-tier tech cities. It looks like in recent batches more companies are headed to Austin though, which makes sense.
Humorously there are 83 companies in Remote, OR, which I somehow doubt
The source information is inaccurate though, so take it with a grain of salt. I spot checked a few companies that have moved, and it shows their original locations from a few years ago, not their current locations.
I agree, it would. Well, I'll tell you what. Given that you're trying to sell sponsored ads, you can offer to pay me for the information. Or you can do the legwork on cleaning it up.
The geocoding needs some work. There are 4 companies indicated as being located in Richmond, Virginia. At least two of them are clearly in Richmond, California. I suspect all of them are in CA.
As naive as this may sound, when I first moved to America and was deciding where to base myself, I first had to learn that there was a difference between Silicon Valley (i.e. Peninsula / South Bay) and San Francisco.
From there, San Francisco looks quite small, but many neighborhoods are worlds away from the action - Outer Richmond is not the density of networks you are looking for, for example (better than rest of world, suboptimal for SF).
Co-locating close to the center of these dense founder networks is the best way maximize luck and opportunity.
This map isn't perfect, but it makes it pretty obvious where you should move if you're interested in startups.
Career wise, moving to "the center of the network" is still the best decision I ever made.
The data is inaccurate, the map is a vibe-coded mess, and the prompting to buy ad space on the map makes this look like a low-effort cash grab. Too bad, really... the idea of seeing where YC companies have landed showed some promise.
Raising money in US, selling in Western Europe or US and having R&D in Eastern Europe is a thing
Good idea.
It will encourage French founders to leave France and move to the US.
I made this because I was curious about where YC founders are concentrated, and I wanted a more visual way to browse them.
• The map is powered by FoundersAround, a side project where I explore data about founders/startups
• You can filter by batch or region
• Clicking on a cluster shows all companies on it
• Clicking a company shows basic details (logo, description, website, etc)
Humorously there are 83 companies in Remote, OR, which I somehow doubt
From there, San Francisco looks quite small, but many neighborhoods are worlds away from the action - Outer Richmond is not the density of networks you are looking for, for example (better than rest of world, suboptimal for SF).
Co-locating close to the center of these dense founder networks is the best way maximize luck and opportunity.
This map isn't perfect, but it makes it pretty obvious where you should move if you're interested in startups.
Career wise, moving to "the center of the network" is still the best decision I ever made.