SharpestMinds
YC W18 · Acquired · Peer-to-peer mentorships through income-share agreements.
Competitors
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
 BlairShared: share agreement, income share, educationInactiveOther | Other | Inactive | YCS19 |
 LeifShared: income share, educationNot statedOther | Other | Not stated | EF2014 |
 AlgoUniversityShared: income share agreements, education, salaryActiveOther | Other | Active | YCS21 |
 HENRYShared: data scientist, engineer, recruiting and talentActiveAI | AI | Active | YCS20 |
 FunctionUp (FanPlay)Shared: income share agreements, education, programAcquiredOther | Other | Acquired | YCW21 |
Adjacent
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
 MentorcamShared: education, mentorshipInactiveOther | Other | Inactive | YCS21 |
 TriplebyteShared: including apple, engineer, facebookAcquiredOther | Other | Acquired | YCS15 |
 CodeCraftersShared: experienced engineer, educationActiveDevtools | Devtools | Active | YCS22 |
 DyadShared: education, mentorshipNot statedOther | Other | Not stated | 500 Global2016 |
 Insight Data ScienceShared: data scientist, engineerInactiveAI, Data | AI, Data | Inactive | YCW11 |
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About SharpestMinds
SharpestMinds is a mentorship program for data scientists based on income share agreements. Experienced engineers mentor aspiring data scientists, who then pay the engineers back a percentage of their first year's salary after they're hired. SharpestMinds mentors come from world leading AI groups at top companies including Apple, Uber, Tesla, Facebook and Amazon.
- YC batch
- W18 · Winter 2018
- Status, per YC
- Acquired
- Category
- AI
- Team size
- 4
- Location
- Toronto, ON, Canada; Remote
- Checked
- 31m ago
YC tags: Artificial Intelligence, Education, Income Share Agreements
SharpestMinds: questions
Which YC batch was SharpestMinds in?
SharpestMinds was in Y Combinator's Winter 2018 batch (W18).
Is SharpestMinds still active?
Y Combinator lists SharpestMinds as acquired.
Where is SharpestMinds based?
SharpestMinds lists Toronto, ON, Canada; Remote as its location on YC's directory.
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