https://karimrahme.com Essays en https://karimrahme.com/essays/after-the-fact https://karimrahme.com/essays/after-the-fact Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT One year ago Tobias and I got into Y Combinator. Success does not prove that your decisions were sensible; it only changes what people call them. https://metorial.com/blog/open-sourcing-the-yc-application https://metorial.com/blog/open-sourcing-the-yc-application Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT We applied to Y Combinator twice with Metorial. Both applications received interviews; the first was rejected, and the second got us into F25.