India has strong pipeline of ideas, keen to back local founders: Y Combinator’s Ankit Gupta
In an exclusive interview ahead of Y Combinator’s Startup School India 2026 event, Ankit Gupta, the accelerator’s general partner, said the firm remains keen on backing Indian founders, adding that the country has an abundance of great startup ideas because of its “raw technical talent”.
“We’ve always been excited about funding Indian founders. One of my best companies from the last batch is two guys from India who moved to San Francisco. What we’re seeing now is that a lot of Indians are choosing to start global businesses with a hybrid presence across India and the US,” Gupta said.
