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Y Combinator Summer Grants 2026 - Global Engineering Undergrad Students

San Francisco , Global Entrepreneurship

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Y Combinator is offering $20,000 grants to technical college students to spend the summer building interesting technical projects full-time in San Francisco. The goal is to encourage intellectual curiosity and building at the edge of programming ability, especially using AI, rather than traditional internship work. Target Audience: Undergraduate computer science or engineering students (including freshmen and international students). Geographic Eligibility: Global (Must relocate to San Francisco, USA for the summer). Tangible Benefits: ◦Cash Grant: $20,000 per individual. ◦Compute Credits: $90,000 in credits from AWS, Azure, and GCP. ◦Community: Invitation to YC Startup School and exclusive summer events with YC partners. Application Deadline: Rolling Applications (Apply early). Event Date: June 22 – August 21, 2026.

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