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YC Research

Nonprofit research arm set up by Y Combinator in 2015; one of OpenAI's launch donors.

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founded by

  • Y Combinator Oct 2015 Primary record 1

    Announced by Sam Altman, then YC's president, as a non-profit research lab.

funded

  • OpenAI Dec 2015 donor Primary record 2
Timeline 2 dates
  1. Oct 2015 Y Combinator founded YC Research
  2. Dec 2015 YC Research funded OpenAI
Proof 2 sources
  1. YC Research, Y Combinator, 7 Oct 2015. Primary record
    So we’re starting a new research lab, which we’re calling YC Research, to work on some of these areas.
  2. Introducing OpenAI, OpenAI, 11 Dec 2015. Primary record
    Sam, Greg, Elon, Reid Hoffman, Jessica Livingston, Peter Thiel, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Infosys, and YC Research are donating to support OpenAI. In total, these funders have committed $1 billion, although we expect to only spend a tiny fraction of this in the next few years.
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