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Since this is something new we're trying for the S16 batch, we'd love to hear feedback. Is there any information about the companies you'd like to see? Formats you'd like to see us try?

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It would be interesting to also see YC's perspective on the idea/company/founders. Why did you choose to fund them?

We've yet to see what the format will look like when there's another startup added to the "Meet the Batch" section, but I'd recommend a table-like format that lets you easily digest the key details: Order of acceptance, category, availability, site, # of founders, etc.

Thanks. And what do you mean by "order of acceptance"?

I assume that means at what stage in this batch was the company selected, i.e. they were #1/25. I don't know how relevant that metric is though.

Correct. I find it relevant because it shows you if new ones were added since you last checked. I'd like to keep up with these postings but might miss one. Having them organized in one place in the order that they were selected makes logical sense.

For once, list all the companies so we can do a quick overview of the entire batch.

We let companies decide when they want to announce YC funding - so we can't publish a full batch list until after Demo Day, but that's a good suggestion. We're actually planning to publish a full list of on-the-record YC companies soon. People have been relying on inaccurate sources like yclist.com to figure out who we've funded.

> People have been relying on inaccurate sources like yclist.com to figure out who we've funded.

The one time I emailed the yclist.com maintainer with a correction, he made the change within fifteen minutes.

Good, good. That's what my concern was. I suggest a simple format: each company's name, brief description of what they're doing, and link to more thorough description. The thorough description can be a page or a HN thread as in recent contests so founders can answer questions. Many of us just prefer to be able to get quick info at a glance to filter out what doesn't interest us.

a link to their website would be nice.

If you view it on desktop, there's a sidebar with more info

slightly off-topic, but "amazeballs" is a terrible terrible word :-/

on-topic: Why did you only include one company in this post? Are you going to reveal one daily or something?

(For context, neither YC nor any YC Company chose that word. It was a word used by a famous Twitch user to describe her "currency")

Thanks. I am getting old as I can measure by how far away I am from the gaming community now - which gaming is what got me into computers and the industry....

A 'famous' twitch user? Like Beyonce? I'm out of it, but I'm not sure Twitch itself is 'famous'.

from the article: "From now until Demo Day, Meet the Batch will publish profiles of our S16 companies and founders..."

Correct! We'll post a couple each week for the next few weeks. But once the batch starts (June 7) we'll post daily.

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