Launch tomorrow and you could get a YC interview
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If you’re still sitting on your launch, this is the push.
YC made a special exception for this community: one or more companies that launch tomorrow will get a YC interview—and potentially funding. A YC partner will review every eligible launch.
So if you’ve been waiting to feel more ready, don’t.
Launch on Product Hunt by midnight tonight, schedule it for tomorrow, and add the tag “YC application.”
You can keep polishing in private, or you can put it in the world and give yourself a real shot.
Someone launching tomorrow is getting that opportunity. Go be one of them.
Submission Deadline: March 11, 11:59 PM Pacific Time
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Starnus
What about people who launched one month ago and got first of the day?
What about people who see this post now after the deadline?
Naoma AI Demo Agent
Hi Aaron,
We launched today and we're currently leading the board, but we saw this post just moments before the deadline and didn't make it in time to add the tag.
We've already applied for the S26 batch. Is there any chance to still get on the YC radar through this? Would mean everything to us.
Needle
Excited for this @aaronoleary!
Currently #1 in the YC ranking with@Needle
Hey! Aaron, Gabe,
I submitted my application before deadline March 11, added the "YC Application" tag, and scheduled my launch for March 13. Is my application eligible and will be considered by YC, or the launch has to be strictly on March 12? Since I submitted my YC app before the March 11 deadline, will this launch still be part of the YC review cycle?
Do I need to contact support and change the launch time now and set it on March 12?
can this be extended to today March 12, 11:59 PM Pacific Time
My launch is planned for 13th. Can we add YC Application tag even if we have not applied for YC yet ?
Exciting opportunity!
Hi Team, I added the tag “YC application.” to my launch - https://www.producthunt.com/products/genmb. However, I am unable to see GenMB appear in https://www.producthunt.com/contests/yc-application-day
@aaronoleary
Hey Aaron — We've been trying to update our listing for hours. It won't let us.
We rebuilt BackFeed from scratch — new product, new domain voice zero dot ai, 12 new features, 10 live deployments. Product Hunt locked our URL to /backfeed-4, company info still says backfeed dot xyz, gallery won't update. The edit page is broken for relaunches.
You're telling founders to ship and launch for a YC interview. We shipped. We have real customers and real data. But your platform won't let us present what we actually built.
That's not a founder problem. That's a Product Hunt problem.
Fix the tooling or help us manually. We're launching tomorrow either way.
Voice Zero dot AI — go look at it. The product speaks for itself even if PH won't let us.
My product is not appearing in YC Application even after I launched with YC tag. Why is that?
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