| | --- |
| | license: apache-2.0 |
| | task_categories: |
| | - text-classification |
| | language: |
| | - en |
| | tags: |
| | - ycombinator |
| | - news |
| | - press |
| | - startup |
| | - announcements |
| | pretty_name: Y Combinator News Mentions |
| | size_categories: |
| | - n<1K |
| | --- |
| | |
| | # Y Combinator News Mentions — Preview |
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| | A small preview of news and press items mentioning YC companies. Useful for testing monitoring pipelines and enrichment flows. Get the full dataset with extended coverage and refreshes at https://www.thedataoutlet.com. |
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| | > Buy the full dataset: https://www.thedataoutlet.com |
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| | ## What you get in this preview |
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| | - One CSV under 1,000 rows |
| | - Article metadata, company mapping, timestamps, and links |
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| | **File list** |
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| | - YC_News.csv |
| | |
| | ## Quickstart |
| | |
| | from datasets import load_dataset |
| | ds = load_dataset("csv", data_files="YC_News.csv", split="train") |
| | print(ds[0]) |
| | |
| | import pandas as pd |
| | df = pd.read_csv("YC_News.csv") |
| | df.head() |
| | |
| | ## Suggested schema |
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| | | Column | Type | Notes | |
| | |----------------|--------|----------------------------------------| |
| | | Title | string | Article title | |
| | | Outlet | string | Publisher name | |
| | | Author | string | If parsed | |
| | | Datetime | string | ISO timestamp | |
| | | Url | string | Article link | |
| | | Company | string | Mapped YC company | |
| | | Batch | string | W/S code if known | |
| | | Category | string | Funding, product, hiring, etc. | |
| | | Country | string | Outlet or company region | |
| | | Summary | string | Short abstract if present | |
| | | Image | string | Image URL if present | |
| | | Date Accessed | string | Collection timestamp | |
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| | ## Uses |
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| | - News monitoring for portfolio ops |
| | - Lead list enrichment and alerts |
| | - LLM-powered IE experiments on startup news |
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| | ## Get the complete dataset |
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| | The paid version includes more rows, cleaner joins, and scheduled refreshes. |
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| | Purchase here: https://www.thedataoutlet.com |
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| | ## License and terms |
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| | - Evaluation only. No redistribution. No resale. |
| | - Terms apply as listed on the purchase page. |
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| | ## Support |
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| | Questions or custom coverage windows? Contact us via https://www.thedataoutlet.com and mention “YC News Mentions”. |
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