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YC Startup School: Seed-stage capital in AI not enough, large companies amassing disproportionate funding, says general partner Ankit Gupta

  • Pranav Mukul, Samidha Sharma--The Times of India
  • published date: 2026-04-12 18:05:44 UTC

India’s talent pool across colleges and universities are key for building next-gen startups, which is what YC is looking to tap into. It wants to target entrepreneurs building for global markets, focussed on fintech, consumer, B2B, and ecommerce, among others.

Theres too much capital going to a small number of companies at the very top, and not nearly enough going to seed stage firms where theres an insane number of possibilities, famed Silicon Valley acce… [+7015 chars]