YC

See also: Appendix:Variations of "yc"

Translingual

Symbol

YC

  1. (metrology) Symbol for yottacoulomb, an SI unit of electric charge equal to 1024 coulombs.

English

Etymology

Combination of prefix C and prefix modifier Y

Noun

YC

  1. (US, military, aviation) prototype cargoplane (prefix)

Derived terms

  • YC-17

See also

Proper noun

YC

  1. (business) Initialism of Y Combinator.
    • 2016 October 3, Tad Friend, quoting Chris Dixon, “Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny”, in The New Yorker‎[1]:
      The venture capitalist Chris Dixon told me, “They created the greatest business model of all time. For basically no money”— YC gives each company just a hundred and twenty thousand dollars, to cover expenses—“they get seven per cent of a lot of the best startups in Silicon Valley!”
    • 2025, Karen Hao, Empire of AI, New York City: Penguin Press, →ISBN:
      “If Sam [Altman] smiles, it’s super deliberate,” a former YC founder says. “Sam has smiled uncontrollably only once, when 'PG told him to take over YC.”
  2. (sports) Initialism of yellow card

Anagrams

Spanish

Proper noun

YC

  1. abbreviation of Yucatán: a state of Mexico
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