Michael Seibel announced Late Wednesday at X that after more than 12 years in the well -known accelerator y combinator, he is moving to a “emeritus” partner.
Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan Colet the news in a companion Blog postSeibel's long history of long history with the outfit. Seibel first joined the YC as a founder, who went through the program twice – once at the streaming startup Justin.tv and eventually with the streaming app socialcam. Seibel later served as a team partner, director, and CEO of the YC accelerator.
Notably, Seibel returned to a less paper partner in the group recently. In a post on the YC blog last year, he wrote that he was willing to “give my leadership responsibilities,” that the move became “effective” after the winter winter of the startups that completed the program.
A dozen years is a long term for anyone, but Seibel's removal may be set in movement early in 2022, when Tan was appointed President and CEO. The move Reported Surprised some employees in YC – partly because Tan is running a separately Venture funds are time outside the YC, but also because they believe Seibel will follow the line for paper.
We reached the seibel to comment. Meanwhile, he shared in his X post that after taking the upcoming tag to relax, he eagerly “help the government to serve its citizens better.” He added, “The government is the desire of my youth, and I am excited to be reluctant.” Seibel signed off by gratitude to Y combinator founders Paul Graham and Jessica Livingston for “changing my life.”
The news was about two weeks before the YC's spring batch of the founders kicked in their own duty tour; The program will run from April to June.
