Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
In this special episode of Design Review, YC General Partner Aaron Epstein and YC Product Designer Eve Bouffard break down how they went about redesigning the YC homepage from the ground up. They’ll discuss the motivations for the redesign, the unconventional process they took and lessons for founders building their own sites.
Chapters:
00:00 — Designing A New Website
01:00 — The Old Homepage
02:30 — Centering the Story on Founders
04:00 — The New Vision: Inspire, Don’t Sell
05:30 — Visualizing Founder Transformation
07:00 — Letting Founders Speak for Themselves
08:45 — Bringing YC’s Network to Life
12:00 — Minimal Design
17:00 — The Future of Interactive Web Design
Apply to Y Combinator: ycombinator.com/apply
Work at a startup: ycombinator.com/jobs
In this special episode of Design Review, YC General Partner Aaron Epstein and YC Product Designer Eve Bouffard break down how they went about redesigning the YC homepage from the ground up. They’ll discuss the motivations for the redesign, the unconventional process they took and lessons for founders building their own sites.
Chapters:
00:00 — Designing A New Website
01:00 — The Old Homepage
02:30 — Centering the Story on Founders
04:00 — The New Vision: Inspire, Don’t Sell
05:30 — Visualizing Founder Transformation
07:00 — Letting Founders Speak for Themselves
08:45 — Bringing YC’s Network to Life
12:00 — Minimal Design
17:00 — The Future of Interactive Web Design
Apply to Y Combinator: ycombinator.com/apply
Work at a startup: ycombinator.com/jobs
