Fintech ≈ 5–6% of YC companies in 2025 batches.
Edtech ≈ 2–3% of YC companies in 2025 batches.
→ 2.6% is ~46% of 5.6% (roughly half).
Trends:
2026 update (W26 batch):
Fintech rebounded modestly to ~7–9%, often with an AI/agent twist.
Edtech remains a smaller slice (~2–4% range) but continues its gradual AI-powered uptick.
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The food waste reduction market addresses the global challenge of 1.3 billion tons of food wasted annually (FAO), valued at $63.02 billion in 2023, projected to reach $113.1 billion by 2030 (CAGR 7.4%) (Grand View Research). Growth is driven by sustainability awareness, regulatory pressures, and economic incentives.
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“Today’s universities are as corrupt as the medieval Catholic Church. The Reformation is underway.” – Peter Thiel.
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“Seth Godin has published roughly 6,500 posts on his blog since 2002. Which blog post would he point people to first, if he had to pick one?
It is called ‘First, Ten,’ and it is a simple theory of marketing that says: tell ten people, show ten people, share it with ten people; ten people who already trust you and already like you. If they don’t tell anybody else, it’s not that good and you should start over. If they do tell other people, you’re on your way.” – Tools of Titans by Tim Ferris
I really love to play 10 people game. And actually it’s not necessary to get an opinions of exactly 10 people. Sometimes even 2 people are enough.
But…
Tech independence is not depending on any particular company or software.
The only tools you need are the common open source basics built into any Linux or BSD operating system — free public-domain tools that are not owned by anyone, and can run on any computer.
Learn a few of these basic tools, and you can run your own private server on any computer forever, for the rest of your life. Host your own website and email. Keep your own contacts and calendars synced with your phone. Back up and sync your photos, movies, and music to your own private storage. No more subscriptions needed.
You can ignore all the companies offering “solutions”, even if they are free, because they take away self-reliance. The point is to know how to do it yourself, not to have somebody do it for you. It’s worth a little up-front work, like learning how to drive.
Below are simple step-by-step instructions that work.
