The new YC for the AI eraAI 时代的新 YC One person + AI ≥ one profitable company一个人 + AI ≥ 一家赚钱公司 No decks. Show us tokens.不要 PPT。拿 tokens 说话 Rolling applications · 2026持续申请 · 2026 The new YC for the AI eraAI 时代的新 YC One person + AI ≥ one profitable company一个人 + AI ≥ 一家赚钱公司 No decks. Show us tokens.不要 PPT。拿 tokens 说话 Rolling applications · 2026持续申请 · 2026
§ One Origin Incubator / 2026§ One Origin 孵化器 / 2026No. 01 · Manifesto第 01 号 · 宣言

It/all
starts with
One.
/一切
都始于

1 person + AI1 profitable company.
We back the super-individual. We do the other seven things so you build the one.
一个人 + AI一家赚钱公司
我们只投超级个体——其他七件事我们包办,你只管把产品造出来。
· New YC · AI era· 新 YC · AI 时代 ◆ One person · one stack · one origin◆ 一个人 · 一套工具 · 一个起点 → Apply by tokens, not decks→ 用 tokens 申请,不要 PPT
Rolling applications · 2026
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持续申请 · 2026
北京 · 上海 · 杭州 · 深圳 · 新加坡 · 远程
Drag the "One" ↕ then scroll试着把「一」拖走 ↕ 再往下滚
01The short version一句话版本

The new YC
for the AI era.
AI 时代的
新 YC

The unit of a startup has changed. the method must change too. 创业的最小单元 已经 变了。 方法论 也必须 跟着变。

1 person + AI

1 profitable company
一个人 + AI

一家赚钱公司

Old world → needed teams旧世界 → 要一支队伍New world → needs one + the right tools新世界 → 一个人 + 趁手的工具

We don't look at your deck.
We look at your tokens.
不看你的 PPT
只看你的 tokens

Old world bets on pitches, pedigree, and slide 14.旧世界押 pitch、背景、第 14 页。
New world bets on real behavior. Show us what you've shipped, what people use, what you're spending on inference.新世界只看真实行为:你发了什么、有没有人在用、每天烧多少 token——这些才算数。

We handle seven things.
You just build.
七件事我们包办。
只管造产品。

01 / 07CAPITAL资本

Let capital come to you.让资本来找你。

FUNDTop funds who get AI — plus strategic money from the industry. Your product data pitches for you.真懂 AI 的顶级基金,加上产业方战略资本。产品数据替你 pitch,不必到处递 BP。

$$$
02 / 07TECH技术

Full stack, day one.开工即全栈。

STACKBuild · generate · test · tune — one open platform. A month of setup, skipped.开发、生成、测试、调优——一站式开放平台。别人搭一个月的 infra,你开机就在。

PLATFORM平台
03 / 07COMPLIANCE合规

The rule jungle has a guide.合规的事,有人替你扛。

LEGALReview, filings, policy alerts — handled by a dedicated team. You never learn the rules. You just ship.审批、备案、政策预警——专人对接。规则你不用懂,只管上线。

OK ✓
04 / 07GROWTH增长

Great products don't die in launch.好产品不该死在首发。

REACHMedia, KOLs and core channels — pre-wired. Data-driven syndication. Right eyes, first try.媒体、KOL、核心渠道——提前打通。数据驱动,多方分发。一次就见对的人。

↗ GTM
05 / 07TOKENS

Unlimited tokens.Tokens 管够。

∞ TOKBurn them on training, inference, agents — no budget meter, no approvals. Tokens aren't a cost line. They're ammunition.训练、推理、agent 随便烧——不设预算,不走审批。Tokens 不是成本,是弹药。

NO CAP无上限
06 / 07GLOBAL出海

Global from v1.v1 就出海。

WORLDDistribution · i18n · overseas filings. US / SEA / JP·KR ready on your first release.分发、本地化、海外合规——第一版即覆盖 美 / 东南亚 / 日韩

🌐 v0 → ∞
07 / 07ECOSYSTEM生态

You're not building alone.不是一个人在造。

CREWThe densest room of super-individuals — demo days, warm intros, operators who've done it. A crew, not a pitch list.最密集的超个体社群——demo day、靠谱引荐、真操盘过的老兵。是战友,不是通讯录。

CREW战友
08 / 07YOU

You do
the one thing.
只管做
这一件。

GO →出发 →

We're 5. So you can be 1.5个搭台。
1个唱戏。

Five operators built the stack. The one operator who runs your company is you.五个老兵把台子搭好。上去唱戏的那一个,是你。
Daniel Yuan
DANIEL YUAN原源
Co-Founder联合创始人0→1 · NEW MARKETS0→1 · 新市场

"Three industries. Three #1s. Two unicorns built from zero.""三个行业,三个第一,两个独角兽都是从零起手。"

  • Taopiaopiao founder. 0→#1 ticketing platform. ¥13.7B at Series A.淘票票创始人。0→1 做到行业第一。A 轮估值 137 亿。
  • Started shared power banks in China. CEO of Jiedian — #1 brand in the category.开创共享充电宝赛道。街电 CEO,行业第一品牌。
  • Early Alipay core. +100M MAU/year. Then VP at Weibo, ran commercialization & new business.支付宝早期核心,年增 1 亿活跃。后任微博副总裁,统管商业化与创新业务。
Teddy Gu
TEDDY GU顾思斌
Co-Founder联合创始人SCALE · MONEY规模 · 钱

"Took 'paid user' from zero to 100M+. Three times.""付费用户这件事,从零做到上亿,做过三次。"

  • QQ Membership lead. Revenue ×7. #1 line at Tencent.QQ 会员第一负责人。营收 ×7。腾讯第一业务。
  • Tencent E-commerce / Yixun COO. ¥10B GMV/year.腾讯电商 / 易迅 COO。年成交 100 亿。
  • President, Maoyan Entertainment. Took it public on HKEX. Distributed Hi, Mom and Jiang Ziya.猫眼娱乐总裁,带港股上市。发行《你好李焕英》《姜子牙》。
Sen Lin
SEN LIN林森
Co-Initiator联合发起人FUNDING · EXITS融资 · 退出

"Backed five companies that IPO'd. Capital is my problem, not yours.""投出去 5 个 IPO。融资和退出,你不用管。"

  • Tsinghua Automation BS + Tsinghua MBA.清华自动化本科 + 清华经管 MBA。
  • Co-founded Innoangel Fund. Managing Partner at Yiming Fund. Top 10 Angel in Zhongguancun.英诺天使联合创始人。奕铭基金管理合伙人。中关村十大天使投资人。
  • 5 IPO exits: Weimob (HK 02013), Hanyi Keyin (SZSE 301270), Netstars (TYO 5590), Yishiteng, Weifutong.5 个 IPO:微盟(02013)、汉仪科印(301270)、Netstars(5590)、易视腾、威富通。
Cody Lee
CODY LEE李辉
Partner合伙人OVERSEAS · AI出海 · AI

"Tech's the easy part. Ten years overseas was the hard part.""技术不难。十年出海,那才是难的。"

  • Country GM, Alibaba Pictures IndiaHead of Overseas, Jiedian. Ten years shipping Chinese products into foreign markets.阿里影业印度国家经理街电海外业务负责人。十年做中国产品出海。
  • Deep node in Tsinghua's AI alumni network. Direct line to frontier model teams and top talent.清华 AI 校友网络深度节点。直连头部大模型团队和核心人才。
  • Tsinghua CS, BS + MS.清华计算机本硕。
Alex Lee
ALEX LEE李亮
Partner合伙人COMMERCIAL · GROWTH商业化 · 增长

"I brought MCN to China. Ran ¥2B/year on commercialization.""MCN 是我搬进中国的。一年 20 亿商业化盘子做下来过。"

  • GM, Weibo Commercialization. ¥2B/year. 1.5M+ enterprise users, 500K+ MAU.微博商业运营总经理。年盘 20 亿。150 万+ 企业用户,月活 50 万+。
  • Brought the MCN model to China. Started celebrity endorsement and influencer e-commerce on Weibo.把 MCN 模式引入中国。在微博首创红人电商和广告代言。
  • Membership lead at Shanda Games. Built the paying-user system that drove 65%+ of revenue.盛大游戏会员负责人。搭起付费用户体系,付费占收入 65%+。

All you need is a starting point.你只需要一个起点

A perfect plan.
A polished deck.
Just → one paragraph.
Plus → your tokens.
完美的计划。
精致的 PPT。
只要 → 一段话。
加上 → 你的 token 数据。
SEND发来What you're building with AI, in one paragraph.一段话说说你在用 AI 做什么。
SEND发来Your token usage. Screenshots, logs, anything real.你的 token 消耗数据。截图、日志,真实就行。
SEND发来A link to the thing. Even if it's half-broken.一条产品链接。半成品也行。
SKIP不要40-page decks. TAM slides. Team photos from 2022.40 页 PPT。空讲市场的那一页。2022 年的团队合影。
Application / 6 fields申请表 / 共 6 项
WHO你是your name or handle名字或常用 ID
REACH联系email, phone, wechat — whatever you actually check邮箱、电话、微信 —— 哪个你常看就填哪个
SEND →给我们看what you're building with AI, in one paragraph你在用 AI 做什么,一段话
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SHOW YOUR WORK拿证据来token usage is required · screenshots, csv, logs — anything realtoken 用量必传 · 截图、csv、日志 — 真的就行
OPTIONAL选填a link to the thing. half-broken is fine.一条产品链接,有就发来。半成品也行
PICK ONE选一个shape of the team团队形态
Direct to a human 直接到真人
we read every one 每份都看
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One paragraph. One real thing. That's the start. 一段话。一件真的东西。这就是起点。

No auto-reply. No 12-step nurture flow. A human on our team will read the paragraph you just wrote, open what you sent, and write back if there's something real. 没有自动回复,没有 12 步营销邮件。我们团队的真人会读你写的那段话,打开你发来的文件,如果有真东西我们会回你。