Y Combinator's directory lists 10 companies in the Summer 2006 batch: 1 Active, 2 Acquired, 0 Public and 7 Inactive. 70% of Summer 2006 is listed Inactive, against 23% across YC batches at least two years old, so this batch has lost more companies than most.
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Statuses are Y Combinator's own listing in its public company directory, read on the date shown. YC's directory can drop companies altogether, so the Inactive counts here are a floor, not a full count of companies that stopped. Acquired and Public are as YC lists them; neither says anything about the price or the outcome for founders.
What the directory lists about Summer 2006
- By the industry YC files each company under: Consumer 8, B2B 2.
- Where 9 of the 10 companies say they are based, by the first location each lists: San Francisco, CA, USA (3), Boston, MA, USA (2), San Francisco (2), New York City, NY (1), Seattle, WA, USA (1).
- YC marks 2 companies from this batch as top companies: OMGPop and Scribd.
- Earlier names on the entries: Zanbazaar (earlier Modfour).
Every company in Summer 2006
| Company | What they do | Status | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scribd | World's largest online library. | Active | 300 |
| OMGPop | An independent flash game studio. | Acquired | 11 |
| Xobni | Acquired | 11 | |
| Jamglue | Inactive | 2 | |
| Jumpchat | Inactive | 2 | |
| Likebetter | Inactive | 2 | |
| Pollground | Online polls. | Inactive | — |
| Shoutfit | Inactive | 3 | |
| Thinkature | Inactive | — | |
| Zanbazaar | Community-curated catalogs for product recommendations | Inactive | 4 |
How this is measured
Measured 2026-11-10 from Y Combinator's company directory. Team size is the number YC lists for the company, where it lists one. Survival here means listed Active; Acquired and Public are shown separately because YC's listing does not say whether an acquisition was a good outcome.
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