Y Combinator applicants listed Google and Facebook as their top competitors in 2016. Uber and Airbnb were gaining mentions as competitors, with Uber mentioned in 2.6% of applications. Slack messaging app has seen increased mentions as a competitor as well. For startups, being acquired by Google or Facebook is a major concern, as they worry about losing business to these large tech giants. The rise of subscription-based software-as-a-service models has also increased concerns for startups applying to Y Combinator.

1. Googlophobia: The
Rational Scare of Losing
Biz to Google
A survey among Y Combinator applicants lists what
worries startup founders the most now

2. Contd…
Y Combinator, which helped incubate Airbnb and Instacart, has a reputation for
having an application process that's more exclusive than Harvard University's.
About 6,000 aspiring startups applied to the Silicon Valley business incubator's
summer 2016 class in hopes of being one of the 107 or so to receive a $120,000
investment and access to the group's well-connected investors and executives.
Beneath the techie buzzwords and fanciful projections, the applications provide a
unique view into the rapidly-changing technology scene from the perspective of
up-andcomers. Online marketing and data firm Priceonomics recently analy sed
eight years of Y Combinator submissions. The results give a snapshot of industry
trends and entrepreneurs' views of who's hot and who's not in tech.
Y Combinator asks applicants to list their competitors. Google and Facebook
dominate the responses, but Uber Technologies and Airbnb are gaining quickly .
Their names were mentioned more than half as many times as Google's in 2016,
according to the Priceonomics analysis. Uber, a ride-hailing company that's
established itself as a Valley golden child with a valuation of $62.5 billion, was
mentioned in 2.6% of applications this year.

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Slack Technologies, a messaging app for businesses, has seen a significant uptick in
mentions.
Facebook's Instagram is a perenni al threat on startups' radar. But WhatsApp, which
Facebook spent far more to acquire in a $22-billion deal, has plateaued in the eyes of Y
Combinator hopefuls. Snapchat, another messaging app Facebook has targeted, was on a
similar trajectory in the last year.
For Dropbox, the hype cycle has been winding down for the last few years. After leading a
list of five highly-valued private companies in 2012, Dropbox's presence in Y Combinator
submissions has been on a steady decline since 2013, according to the Priceonomics study
. Dropbox's drop coincides with concerns expressed by the company's own investors,
several of which have repeatedly written down the value of their stakes.
However, Dropbox, which makes money by charging users for more cloud-storage space, is
well-positioned for another trend: the rise of subscription-based software businesses. Y
Combinator applicants have increased references to socalled software-as-a-service revenue
models by 400% since 2008. Meanwhile, advertising is falling out of vogue.

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