The old Y combinator, A16z, the experts hold the top of the invitations for the founders

On August 9, the people who previously directed the events of the Incubator of Startup Y Combinator and public relations, as well as a former social media manager of Andreessen Horowitz, organized a small event only an invitation, learned Techcrunch.

THE Summit of the list of lists will run at 80 founders at the start of the stadium and will teach them to work with the press and manage their own social media, promise the organizers. The costs for the event are $ 600.

YC dismissed most people Put this event between a small layoff about a year ago and a larger one in 2023. These layoffs were surprising at the time because the events of the combinator were always very popular and were a force majeure to make San Francisco the Hub For the booming startups community. (Of course, the center of this universe is Openai affiliated with YC, also based in San Francisco and led by the former president of YC Sam Altman).

People who organize this event do this because they are dismayed by the frequency to which startups at an early stage are brought to believe that they have to pay tens of thousands of dollars to hire public relations and social media organizations, said a person involved in Techcrunch.

However, following Startups that become regularly viral, like Cluey, The founders feel forced to do the same.

It is also true that one publication on social networks can make a startup at the start of the viral stage these days. The founders of App Vibe Coding Startup Rork were almost broke when a viral tweet led them to raise $ 2.8 million and Nab A place in the Speedrun program of A16Z. Thésée Defense Tech Startup won a contract with American special forces, $ 4.3 million in funding and a place in YC from a post viral X.

If people behind the new event could help the founders of YC, they believe they can help the founders who are not part of the famous program – and cheap without giving up equity.