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9 companies
Y Combinator
Venture Capital / Startup Accelerator
Y Combinator doesn't just fund startups. It creates resource-sharing networks that function like underground fungal systems. While the financial terms...
Yahoo
Internet / Media
In 2008, Microsoft offered $44.6 billion to acquire Yahoo. CEO Jerry Yang said no. In 2017, Verizon bought Yahoo's core business for $4.48 billion - 9...
Yahoo! (Decline)
Internet
Yahoo's decline from most valuable internet company to Verizon salvage sale demonstrates how portal models died when search and social captured attent...
Yalla Group
Social Media
Yalla Group is a leading voice-centric social networking and entertainment platform in the Middle East and North Africa. The company operates Yalla, a...
Yara International
Chemicals & Agriculture
The Norwegian state owns 36.2% of a company that does for agriculture what rhizobia bacteria do for legumes: fix atmospheric nitrogen into bioavailabl...
Yellow Corporation
Trucking/Logistics
Yellow Corporation's July 2023 bankruptcy ended a 99-year-old trucking company with 30,000 employees, demonstrating how labor conflict can trigger sud...
Yik Yak
Social Media
Yik Yak's 2017 shutdown collapsed an anonymous social app that once achieved $400 million valuation. The app spread virally on college campuses, enabl...
YouTube
Video Platform/Technology
Video platform hosting hundreds of millions of videos, enabling micro-niche content where even videos with dozens of views are viable. Platform's econ...
Yum! Brands
Fast Food
Yum! Brands generated $7.55 billion revenue in 2024, up 7% with worldwide system sales growing 8% across 55,000+ restaurants in 155 countries. Taco Be...