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Y Combinator · Winter 2008, Summer 2008 · 1 November 2026

What domains do YC’s 2008 startups use?

Of the 37 startups in Y Combinator’s 2008 batches that have a website, 92% use a .com and 3% a .at.

92%
on .com
3%
on .at, the highest of any year, 2008 to 2026
67%
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Which extensions the 2008 startups use

  1. .com92%
  2. .at3%
  3. .io3%
  4. .tv3%

Batch by batch

Winter 200817.com88%.at0%
Summer 200820.com95%.at5%

Is the .com of a 2008 YC startup’s name for sale?

3 of the 2008 startups are not on a .com. For 2 of them, the .com of their name is for sale. 1 are registered with no sale listing; some are the startup’s own redirect.

  1. For sale67%
  2. Registered, no sale listing33%

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Source: Y Combinator’s company directory and the .com zone file, 1 November 2026.