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

• KC, RC, QC, AC, XC, VC
• YA, YB, YF, YQ
• Y-plane

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

• -cy, CY, Cy

Spanish

Proper noun

YC

1. abbreviation of Yucatán: a state of Mexico