Y Combinator is offering $20,000 grants to technical college students to spend the summer building interesting technical projects full-time in San Francisco. The goal is to encourage intellectual curiosity and building at the edge of programming ability, especially using AI, rather than traditional internship work.

Target Audience: Undergraduate computer science or engineering students (including freshmen and international students).

Geographic Eligibility: Global (Must relocate to San Francisco, USA for the summer).

Tangible Benefits:
◦Cash Grant: $20,000 per individual.
◦Compute Credits: $90,000 in credits from AWS, Azure, and GCP.
◦Community: Invitation to YC Startup School and exclusive summer events with YC partners.

Application Deadline: Rolling Applications (Apply early).
Event Date: June 22 – August 21, 2026.

Location : San Francisco , Global

Categories : Entrepreneurship

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