Ask HN: What is the significance in Hacker News' domain name “ycombinator.com”

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I know in Lambda Calculus there is this idea of the Y-combinator. What is the reason why the ycombinator group has its name?

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Thanks! I realized that I have been reading HN for the last year and always thought the domain name was strange, but never really dug into the meaning. Makes sense.

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