YCW18· AI

SharpestMinds

Peer-to-peer mentorships through income-share agreements.

AcquiredChecked 18h ago

Batch: W18
Status, per YC: Acquired
Team size: 4
HQ: Toronto, ON

In W18146 companies, 25% AI

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AlgoUniversityS21Building Job driven Virtual Tech University for India 🇮🇳Shared: education, income share agreementsActive
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Skill-lyncW19Online engineering college for India. Learn technical skills & get…Shared: education, income share agreementsActive
MentorcamS21Mentorship from leaders of the world's best companiesShared: educationInactive
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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.

Toronto, ON, Canada; Remote

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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