# Y Combinator (واي كومبينيتور)

> Y Combinator is currently blocked in Syria, as of 2026-08-28.

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: No Outreach
- Company: [Y Combinator](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/y-combinator.md)
- Categories: Investment
- Official site: https://www.ycombinator.com
- Community votes: 3
- Last updated: 2026-08-28
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/y-combinator

## About

Startup accelerator and venture capital firm that funds early-stage companies through its batch programs

## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria, verified by community testing in August 2026 showing a Cloudflare block page that refuses ycombinator.com before any content loads. The block has been confirmed, but no outreach to the company has been made yet.

## Community reports

- 2026-08-28 — Investigated. Community testing confirmed that Y Combinator is blocked in Syria. Accessing www.ycombinator.com from a Syrian connection returns a block page reading «Sorry, you have been blocked. You are unable to access ycombinator.com», served by Cloudflare. The page is refused before any content loads. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/t2p4n9vdskohqrlmcgdf7iyj/n8smu2yryxqpmxrwy4t7fkb4.png)

## Context

These are geo-restrictions the companies applied themselves, not filtering by Syrian ISPs and not a legal requirement. US and EU sanctions on Syria were lifted in 2025. See https://unblocksyria.com/llms.txt for the regulatory summary and https://unblocksyria.com/en/about for citations to the specific orders and regulations.

## Machine-readable

- JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/y-combinator?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/y-combinator/timeline?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/y-combinator
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/y-combinator.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/y-combinator.md