{"678194":{"#nid":"678194","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Y Combinator Is Coming to Georgia Tech, Hosted by CREATE-X","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ycombinator.com\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EY Combinator\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Eknown for launching over 5,000 startups including Airbnb, Coinbase, DoorDash, Dropbox, and Zapier, is coming to Georgia Tech\u2019s campus on Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 5 p.m. in the John Lewis Student Center\u2019s Walter G. Ehmer Theater for a panel event hosted by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECREATE-X\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. The panel will feature Y Combinator Group Partner\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ycombinator.com\/people\/brad-flora\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBrad Flora\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and the founders of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.greptile.com\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGreptile\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, all Georgia Tech alumni, who will discuss their experiences with the startup accelerator.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince tickets are limited, students are encouraged to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/events.ycombinator.com\/ycatgt\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERSVP for Y Combinator @ Georgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. As a part of the event, students can apply for Office Hours With Flora, which will be held earlier in the day, by answering optional questions in the RSVP form. Y Combinator will notify selected students. The sessions enable students to discuss side projects or startups, startup idea development, finding co-founders, and monetizing products. Confirmed RSVPs are required to attend the event and office hours.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EY Combinator offers an intensive, three-month program designed to help startups succeed. It provides startups with seed funding, mentorship, and access to a network of investors, industry experts, and alumni.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2022, Daksh Gupta and SooHoon Choi participated in CREATE-X \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/launch\/startup-launch\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EStartup Launch\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and developed \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/company\/tabnam\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETabnam\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, which became Greptile after several iterations. Initially, the startup was promoted as an AI shopping assistant that scrapes the internet to tell users what people think about their product.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2023, after they graduated from Georgia Tech, Choi, Gupta, and Vaishant Kameswaran launched the latest version of the startup. Now the AI platform focuses on entire codebases and allows users to query via an API. Through the platform, users chat with their codebases, generate descriptions for tickets, automate PR reviews, and build custom internal tools and automations on top of the API. Over 800 software teams, including Wombo, Metamask, Warp, Exa AI, Bland, and Leya, use Greptile. In June, it had a $4 million seed round. Greptile was part of Y Combinator\u2019s Winter 2024 cohort.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor those inspired by Greptile\u2019s success and interested in launching their own startup, CREATE-X is currently accepting\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/airtable.com\/appaTqlTL2zQkXBBR\/pagdkIvjQbvDbSD2F\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Eapplications\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E for Summer 2025 Startup Launch. The priority deadline is Sunday, Nov. 17. Early applicants have a higher chance of acceptance, the opportunity for more feedback, and more opportunities to apply if one idea isn\u2019t accepted.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStartup Launch provides mentorship, $5,000 in optional funding, and $150,000 in services to help Georgia Tech students, alumni, faculty, and researchers launch businesses over 12 weeks in the summer. Teams can be interdisciplinary, made up of co-founders even outside of Georgia Tech, and solopreneurs. CREATE-X, as a whole, has had more than 34,000 participants, launched 560 startups, and has generated a total startup portfolio valuation exceeding $2 billion.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EY Combinator, known for launching over 5,000 startups, including Airbnb and Dropbox, is coming to Georgia Tech for a panel event, hosted by CREATE-X, on Nov. 12, in the John Lewis Student Center\u2019s Walter G. Ehmer Theater. \u0026nbsp;Y Combinator Group Partner Brad Flora and the founders of Greptile, all Georgia Tech alumni, will share their experiences with the startup accelerator and discuss entrepreneurship. Students are encouraged to RSVP due to limited tickets and can apply for Office Hours with Flora to discuss their projects or startup ideas. Greptile has evolved from an AI shopping assistant to a tool for querying codebases and automating tasks, and was part of Y Combinator\u2019s Winter 2024 cohort.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Y Combinator, hosted by CREATE-X, is coming to Georgia Tech on Nov.12, 5p.m., Walter G. 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