People
Y Combinator was founded in March 2005 by Paul Graham with his Viaweb co-founders Robert Morris and Trevor Blackwell, as well as Jessica Livingston who later became Graham's wife. In early 2010, Harj Taggar, cofounder of Y Combinator-funded Auctomatic, joined as an advisor. In September 2010, Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Y Combinator-backed Reddit, joined. In November 2010, Gmail creator Paul Buchheit and Taggar were named partners. In January 2011, Y Combinator-backed Posterous co-founder Garry Tan joined as designer-in-residence.
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