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Y Combinator applications are getting longer, with more em dashes. Guess why.
Deterministic text analytics computed across all 1 source. Frequency, entity overlap, and claim overlap — computed counts only. Nothing is rated true or false.
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Frequency Analytics
The most common words and exact phrases across every report in this cluster. Computed counts only.
Top words
combinatorapplicationsapplicationacceleratorstartupdasheslikesubmissionsapplicantsbloomberg
Top phrases
em dashes
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Entity Overlap
Names detected in the report text: which appear across multiple sources, and which only one source mentions.
Across multiple sources
None mentioned by more than one source.
Unique to one source
- Y Combinator · Business Insider
- Guess · Business Insider
- Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan · Business Insider
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Claim Overlap
Near-identical sentences found in two or more reports, versus sentences that appear in only one. Text match only — nothing is rated true or false.
Repeated across sources
No sentence appeared in more than one source.
Appears once
- "Bloomberg/Getty Images Y Combinator partners shared application trends, including more em dashes and uses of the word "wedge." Applications to the startup accelerator have grown 60% in length over the past three years, partner Tyler Bosmeny wrote." · Business Insider
- "Some suspect that YC applicants are using AI to write their submissions." · Business Insider