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Y Combinator · Winter 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2024 · 1 November 2026

What domains do YC’s 2024 startups use?

Of the 584 startups in Y Combinator’s 2024 batches that have a website, 51% use a .com and 25% a .ai.

51%
on .com, 2023: 50%
25%
on .ai, 2023: 23%
1 in 7
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Which extensions the 2024 startups use

  1. .com51%
  2. .ai25%
  3. .io3%
  4. .co3%
  5. .dev3%
  6. .sh3%
  7. 35 more extensions13%

Batch by batch

Winter 2024243.com54%.ai23%
Summer 2024247.com49%.ai27%
Fall 202494.com47%.ai27%

Is the .com of a 2024 YC startup’s name for sale?

289 of the 2024 startups are not on a .com. For 40 of them (1 in 7), the .com of their name is for sale, and 6 more are parked. 243 are registered with no sale listing; some are the startup’s own redirect.

  1. For sale14%
  2. Parked2%
  3. Registered, no sale listing84%

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