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Harshita Arora was 17 when she cofounded AtoB and got into Y Combinator.

2026-06-18 · 07:24 UTC ·@jesslivingston ·0 min read

Brief

Garry Tan highlights founders who joined Y Combinator at very different ages—Harshita Arora at 17, himself at 27, and Nicolas Dessaigne at 37—to argue that age is irrelevant to founding success and that YC is the community to join to accelerate a startup’s early progress.

Why it matters

Harshita Arora was 17 when she cofounded AtoB and got into Y Combinator.

Key details

  • Garry Tan cofounded Posterous and entered YC at age 27; Nicolas Dessaigne cofounded Algolia and entered YC at age 37—the core claim: age doesn’t matter for joining YC.
  • The post positions YC as the community to join to move quickly when starting a company.
Source evidence

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Garry Tan (@garrytan)

Harshita Arora was 17 when she cofounded AtoB and got into YC.

I was 27 when I cofounded Posterous and got into YC.

Nicolas Dessaigne was 37 when he cofounded Algolia and got into YC

It doesn’t matter what age you are. YC is the community to join to go fast when starting.

— https://nitter.net/garrytan/status/2067234093415510296#m