Show HN: A site for YC rejection stories

18 khalilosman123 12 5/31/2025, 7:15:24 PM ycrejection.com ↗

Got rejected from YC a few times, so I built a site to collect lessons, reflections, and what people would do differently next time. Thought it could be helpful since most founders apply more than once anyway :)

Hope it's helpful: https://ycrejection.com/

Comments (12)

ergocoder · 2d ago

The website looks like it was built by AI. How long did it take you to build this?

tmelm · 2d ago

Inspecting the source confirms your suspicions. My guess is 15 minutes.

vmeklis · 2d ago

why is it bad if he/she uesed AI to built it, its actually interesting to see those stories gathered up

khalilosman123 · 2d ago

feel free to post your story :)

khalilosman123 · 2d ago

ofc I built it with AI. Care more about the learnings vs spending time creating a website

ergocoder · 18h ago

Yeah. I'm interested in building a website with AI. I'm actually looking to build one e.g. a curated list of Xs. Still deciding what X should be e.g. free cool rooftop places in SF for example.

That's why I asked how long it took to build one.

You are easily getting defensive about it.

bitbasher · 2d ago

Great mindset, I understand the rejection!

andrewmcwatters · 2d ago

I’m surprised that there isn’t a part of bookface where repeat YC fundees can discuss failures.

Or is the focus on sharing these stories with those who have never received funding in previous batches?

khalilosman123 · 1d ago

tbh i just think it's great to just share the stories. Would you mind posting yours :)

potato-peeler · 2d ago

For some reason it shows a blank page on older browsers. iOS 13.6.

khalilosman123 · 1d ago

that's odd can you try again

potato-peeler · 1d ago

Same, blank white page