Gene Inspector F26 invite calendar

Gene Inspector · fellow F26 applicant

When might interview invites land?

We applied too. Our application is waiting in the same pile as everyone else's, so we mapped the public dates and patterns from recent batches. No inside info, just a spreadsheet and too much inbox refreshing.

On-time deadline Mon Jul 27, 8pm PT decision by Fri Aug 28

32 days from deadline to decision

Our best guess, not YC's schedule

The five-week wait

Deadline / decision Quiet reading Possible early invites Busier stretch Second reads Long-shot tail

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  1. 27
    Deadline8pm PT · apply on time
  2. 28
    Quietreading, silence normal
  3. 29
    reading, silence normal
  4. 30
    Earlyfirst invites may land
  5. 31
    first invites may land
  6. 1
    first invites may land
  7. 2
    first invites may land
  8. 3
    first invites may land
  9. 4
    rolling review
  10. 5
    rolling review
  11. 6
    rolling review
  12. 7
    rolling review
  13. 8
    rolling review
  14. 9
    rolling review
  15. 10
    Busier stretchour best guess
  16. 11
    more invites likely
  17. 12
    more invites likely
  18. 13
    more invites likely
  19. 14
    more invites likely
  20. 15
    more invites likely
  21. 16
    more invites likely
  22. 17
    more invites likely
  23. 18
    Second readsstill very possible
  24. 19
    still very possible
  25. 20
    still very possible
  26. 21
    Long-shot tailgetting quieter
  27. 22
    getting quieter
  28. 23
    getting quieter
  29. 24
    late invites happen
  30. 25
    late invites happen
  31. 26
    late invites happen
  32. 27
    final possible invites
  33. 28
    Decisionyes or no by today
  34. 29
  35. 30

Gene Inspector is on this calendar too. If your inbox is quiet, ours is probably quiet beside it.

The wait at a glance

Jul 27 Quiet · 28–29 Early · Jul 30–Aug 9 Busier · 10–17 2nd · 18–20 Long shot · 21–27 28

How we guessed

We did the spreadsheet so you don't have to.

The last five deadline-to-decision windows took 29–36 days. We lined those up with public invite reports and, admittedly, too much inbox refreshing. YC did not make or approve this page.

YC application page F26 megathread Historical invite analysis
S25May 13 to Jun 1129d
X25Feb 11 to Mar 1229d
W25Nov 12 to Dec 1836d
F25Aug 4 to Sep 532d
S26May 4 to Jun 532d