---
license: apache-2.0
task_categories:
- text-classification
language:
- en
tags:
- ycombinator
- news
- press
- startup
- announcements
pretty_name: Y Combinator News Mentions
size_categories:
- n<1K
---

# Y Combinator News Mentions — Preview

A small preview of news and press items mentioning YC companies. Useful for testing monitoring pipelines and enrichment flows. Get the full dataset with extended coverage and refreshes at https://www.thedataoutlet.com.

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---

## What you get in this preview

- One CSV under 1,000 rows
- Article metadata, company mapping, timestamps, and links

**File list**

- YC_News.csv

## Quickstart

    from datasets import load_dataset
    ds = load_dataset("csv", data_files="YC_News.csv", split="train")
    print(ds[0])

    import pandas as pd
    df = pd.read_csv("YC_News.csv")
    df.head()

## Suggested schema

| Column         | Type   | Notes                                  |
|----------------|--------|----------------------------------------|
| Title          | string | Article title                          |
| Outlet         | string | Publisher name                         |
| Author         | string | If parsed                              |
| Datetime       | string | ISO timestamp                          |
| Url            | string | Article link                           |
| Company        | string | Mapped YC company                      |
| Batch          | string | W/S code if known                      |
| Category       | string | Funding, product, hiring, etc.         |
| Country        | string | Outlet or company region               |
| Summary        | string | Short abstract if present              |
| Image          | string | Image URL if present                   |
| Date Accessed  | string | Collection timestamp                   |

## Uses

- News monitoring for portfolio ops
- Lead list enrichment and alerts
- LLM-powered IE experiments on startup news

## Get the complete dataset

The paid version includes more rows, cleaner joins, and scheduled refreshes.

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## License and terms

- Evaluation only. No redistribution. No resale.
- Terms apply as listed on the purchase page.

## Support

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