# How YC Was Created With Jessica Livingston

**Author:** Y Combinator
**Type:** Video
**URL:** https://www.ycombinator.com/library/LX-how-yc-was-created-with-jessica-livingston
**YouTube ID:** 6u4JVz7iQTY

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Familiar with the lore of Y Combinator? Then you'll know Jessica Livingston - one of the original co-founders who
started YC back in 2005. On a recent visit to our SF headquarters she shared with the Lightcone hosts the stories and
decisions of the early days that would form the foundations of YC as we know it today.

