We don’t need them, our days as an advanced industrial country with world-class high-tech are over, now we are going to focus on selling our resources to third-world countries
Due-Concert4324 on
I work at a US company (from Canada) that became public not so long ago. Canadian startup scene is just gabage. I wont even work for a Canadian company unless situation is really bad. There arent much tax incentives here and also most high ambitious Canadians just move to USA, the only reason I am in Canada is because I have my whole family here. If it wasnt I would be in Seattle now. I think 10-15% of our engineers are Canadians who moved to USA.
blackButterflymb on
Y Combinator is no longer investing in Canadian startups, forcing firms that want to join the Silicon Valley accelerator to reincorporate, likely in the United States.
YC now only backs firms registered in the U.S., Cayman Islands or Singapore, according to its standard deal terms.
Canada was previously listed as an acceptable jurisdiction, but was removed in November 2025. A similar change was made to YC’s frequently asked questions page.
YC had previously backed Canadian-incorporated startups since at least its winter 2008 cohort.
SmartTrender on
Why can’t Canada have its own Y incubator type?
bluefintuna_01 on
This is a huge blow for Canadian tech honestly
MagneticRetard on
i wonder if it’s political since Y Combinator CEO is very strongly pro-trump
Mind you couple of months ago, he was saying that using AI and tech to create a surveillance was good because America was the one doing it [https://x.com/garrytan/status/1963310592615485955](https://x.com/garrytan/status/1963310592615485955)
He was one of the founding employees of Palantir and is still a major investor and a good friend with Peter Thiel
shakazuluwithanoodle on
I honestly don’t understand why tech startups need so much money. it’s a huge waste.
if you have a good product it will fly
No-Path-8787 on
Don’t need em, we will be our own best investors. Buy Canadian.
Additional-Disk-3264 on
This is actually huge news.
YC is still the more desirable startup program, even if it’s diluted itself over the years.
If you’re a Canadian tech startup with a real chance at being world-class, you’ll strongly consider starting as a Delaware C-Corp instead of a Canadian corp.
I’d love to know why YC required this.
MainBuddy604 on
The bulk of startup culture is bullshit. They parrot off of other companies that essentially just use euphemisms for law breaking, like “disruption”… Dont hear much of that anymore.
ChatamKay on
Why shouldn’t anybody give a fuck?
Dizzy_Combination737 on
This sounds like something to bring up with the government- let’s see what we can get going up here for start ups
Cognitive_Offload on
No loss here, move on. American/transnational sociopathic companies can get stuffed.
14dmoney on
Oh well.
Nascar2k64 on
Outside of Wealthsimple and Shopify what do we have? Those companies barely like being Canadian lol.
rkartzinel on
Another big fat Canadian L.
Plexmark on
Canada is WEF territory, along with Western Europe. That’s why. Its run by a certain (unelected) mafia, not by Canadians, and they have a history of illegally freezing assets just because someone goes against what they want.
Since the Canadian government can fake situations and declare war time powers because truckers honk their horns too loudly and illegally freeze assets overnight of random people who weren’t even at the protest, no investor in their right mind wants to touch this place.
To most investors outside of Canada, the country’s politics and finance system looks like a mix between North Korea and the Soviet Union. The government here is anti-business, unless the business goes through their own companies.
Outrageous-Estimate9 on
So a random US tech brand wont invest in Canada
Considering both nations boycott each other I dont see much point
WanderingLeif on
Fuck them. No one even uses Y Combinator anymore. Successful starts ups bypass them completely. What Canada really needs is our own domestic venture capital industry.
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We don’t need them, our days as an advanced industrial country with world-class high-tech are over, now we are going to focus on selling our resources to third-world countries
I work at a US company (from Canada) that became public not so long ago. Canadian startup scene is just gabage. I wont even work for a Canadian company unless situation is really bad. There arent much tax incentives here and also most high ambitious Canadians just move to USA, the only reason I am in Canada is because I have my whole family here. If it wasnt I would be in Seattle now. I think 10-15% of our engineers are Canadians who moved to USA.
Y Combinator is no longer investing in Canadian startups, forcing firms that want to join the Silicon Valley accelerator to reincorporate, likely in the United States.
YC now only backs firms registered in the U.S., Cayman Islands or Singapore, according to its standard deal terms.
Canada was previously listed as an acceptable jurisdiction, but was removed in November 2025. A similar change was made to YC’s frequently asked questions page.
YC had previously backed Canadian-incorporated startups since at least its winter 2008 cohort.
Why can’t Canada have its own Y incubator type?
This is a huge blow for Canadian tech honestly
i wonder if it’s political since Y Combinator CEO is very strongly pro-trump
Mind you couple of months ago, he was saying that using AI and tech to create a surveillance was good because America was the one doing it [https://x.com/garrytan/status/1963310592615485955](https://x.com/garrytan/status/1963310592615485955)
He was one of the founding employees of Palantir and is still a major investor and a good friend with Peter Thiel
I honestly don’t understand why tech startups need so much money. it’s a huge waste.
if you have a good product it will fly
Don’t need em, we will be our own best investors. Buy Canadian.
This is actually huge news.
YC is still the more desirable startup program, even if it’s diluted itself over the years.
If you’re a Canadian tech startup with a real chance at being world-class, you’ll strongly consider starting as a Delaware C-Corp instead of a Canadian corp.
I’d love to know why YC required this.
The bulk of startup culture is bullshit. They parrot off of other companies that essentially just use euphemisms for law breaking, like “disruption”… Dont hear much of that anymore.
Why shouldn’t anybody give a fuck?
This sounds like something to bring up with the government- let’s see what we can get going up here for start ups
No loss here, move on. American/transnational sociopathic companies can get stuffed.
Oh well.
Outside of Wealthsimple and Shopify what do we have? Those companies barely like being Canadian lol.
Another big fat Canadian L.
Canada is WEF territory, along with Western Europe. That’s why. Its run by a certain (unelected) mafia, not by Canadians, and they have a history of illegally freezing assets just because someone goes against what they want.
Since the Canadian government can fake situations and declare war time powers because truckers honk their horns too loudly and illegally freeze assets overnight of random people who weren’t even at the protest, no investor in their right mind wants to touch this place.
To most investors outside of Canada, the country’s politics and finance system looks like a mix between North Korea and the Soviet Union. The government here is anti-business, unless the business goes through their own companies.
So a random US tech brand wont invest in Canada
Considering both nations boycott each other I dont see much point
Fuck them. No one even uses Y Combinator anymore. Successful starts ups bypass them completely. What Canada really needs is our own domestic venture capital industry.