# Y Combinator (@y_combinator) on tiktok

- id: koinon:creator:tiktok_y_combinator
- url: https://koinonlink.com/kol/tiktok/y_combinator
- schema_version: 1.3

## Identity
- platform: tiktok
- handle: y_combinator
- platform_url: https://www.tiktok.com/@y_combinator
- country: United States
- entity_type: creator
- person_id: Cross-platform identity not resolved for this creator.

## Reach
- followers: 71028
- following: 21
- posts_observed: 23
- verified: false
- size_tier: koc

## Engagement
- status: not_collected
- status_note: Engagement has not been collected for this creator yet. This is a gap in our collection, NOT a statement that the creator has no engagement. Follower count is known, so it is measurable.
- unit_note: engagement_rate and peak_post_engagement_rate are ratios (0-1); avg_interactions_per_post and best_post_interactions are absolute counts. Read status before reading any number: a null rate has several different causes and status says which one applies here.

## Content
- category: software
- subcategory: ai_tools
- category_confidence: 0.5
- category_source: derived_from_discovery_path
- topics: YC application process and batch deadlines, Founder advice on users, retention, and sales, AI trends and their impact on startups, Contrarian thinking and building enduring companies, Startup growth stories and case studies

## Audience (inferred)
- status: present
- description: Aspiring and early-stage startup founders, especially tech/AI entrepreneurs considering YC applications or seeking founder advice
- roles: none
- seniority: learner
- pain_points: Struggling to achieve product-market fit and flat retention curves, Difficulty raising funding or timing the market correctly, Building initial user base and executing sales pre-PMF as founders, Navigating AI hype vs. real product value and contrarian ideas
- posts_analysed: 79
- confidence: 0.9

## Commercial (inferred)
- audience_buyer_fit: 0.8
- promotion_intent: 0.7
- open_to_collaboration: false
- contact: Koinon does not publish creator contact details.

## Quality signals
- authenticity_score: 55
- authenticity_basis: profile_shape_only
- credibility_score: 55
- flagged_for_review: false
- koinon_bd_grade: B — measures Koinon partner-outreach fit, not creator quality
- interpretation: Signals for triage, not verdicts. A flag means the profile is worth a manual check.

## Evidence
- [tiktok_y_combinator#dd9f2526] Learning how to code might make you smarter. #startup #yc #Tech #ai (https://www.tiktok.com/@y_combinator)
- [tiktok_y_combinator#65ae3a13] original sound - y_combinator
- [tiktok_y_combinator#f92e9f9a] It is a becoming a big trend on TikTok now! Click here: StartUp
- [tiktok_y_combinator#a71e5400] Check out Y Combinator’s video! #TikTok >
- [tiktok_y_combinator#34e194cf] It’s all about your users. #startup #entrepreneur #founder
- [tiktok_y_combinator#76f0fbfc] A great demo actually feels like a good story. #startup #Tech #yc #sales
- [tiktok_y_combinator#c176109d] Five minutes before the deadline, Cathy Di applied to YC with an idea: Dedalus Labs. Months later, she's now running a company that's just raised $11M. The deadline to apply for the winter batch is tonight at 8pm PT - there's still time to get your app in: ycombinator.com/apply
- [tiktok_y_combinator#1bbacbae] For Priya Khandelwal and her company Nixo, the key to growing fast was being part of a community of founders solving tough problems together. She found that sense of momen

## Provenance
Every inferred field below carries how it was produced. Facts stay facts; inferences stay inferences.

- audience.description: source_type=ai_inferred, confidence=0.9, freshness_days=27, method=llm_persona_from_recent_content
- audience.roles: source_type=ai_inferred, confidence=0.9, freshness_days=27, method=llm_persona_from_recent_content
- audience.seniority: source_type=ai_inferred, confidence=0.9, freshness_days=27, method=llm_persona_from_recent_content
- commercial.audience_buyer_fit: source_type=ai_inferred, confidence=0.6, freshness_days=0, method=llm_scorer — Relative signal within Koinon indexing, not a market-wide score.
- commercial.promotion_intent: source_type=ai_inferred, confidence=0.6, freshness_days=0, method=llm_scorer
- quality.anomaly_flags: source_type=heuristic, confidence=0.5, freshness_days=9, method=profile_snapshot_and_engagement_ratio_heuristic — Means "worth a manual check", NOT confirmed fraud. Flags can be wrong and are not a verdict about the person.
- quality.authenticity_score: source_type=heuristic, confidence=0.25, freshness_days=0, method=Profile-shape heuristic from a single snapshot (follower count, following ratio, account age, posting volume, verification), reduced for engagement red flags where post engagement was collected. Where only a follower count is available the score saturates at 58. — The input set differs by platform; do not compare this score across platforms.
- quality.koinon_bd_grade: source_type=ai_inferred, confidence=0.5, freshness_days=9, method=llm_partner_fit_classifier + fit_score >= 0.6 AND authenticity >= 60 => A; fit_score >= 0.4 AND authenticity >= 45 => B; else C. authenticity < 30 or a promotional-pattern flag => quarantine. — Koinon partner-outreach fit, not creator quality.
- reach.followers: source_type=observed, confidence=0.95, freshness_days=9, method=platform_profile

## Freshness
- profile_checked_days_ago: 9
- content_analysed_days_ago: 0
- audience_updated_days_ago: 27

## AI retrieval
- indexing_requests: 1
- user_triggered_requests: 0
- note: Being indexed in bulk is not the same as being retrieved to answer a question.

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