Michael Sebel Announce On X late Wednesday, working at Y Combinator for over 12 years, he is transitioning to the role of “Company Honor”.
Y Group CEO Garry Tan shared news in the company Blog Postshighlighting Seibel’s long history in accelerator. Seibel first joined YC as the founder, through the program twice – once with streaming launch Justin.tv, and then with streaming app SocialCam. Seibel later served as group partner, managing director and CEO of YC Accelerator.
It is worth noting that Seibel has been re-promoted to the group partner role. In a YC blog post last year, he wrote that he was ready to “take my leadership responsibilities” and that the transition became “effective” after the accelerator’s winter startup completed the program.
More than a decade is a long term for anyone, but Seibel’s departure may have started as early as 2022 when he was appointed CEO. move It is said that Surprised some YC employees – partly because Tan is running Separation Outside YC, venture fund, but also because many people expect Seibel to be the next in the position.
We have contacted Seibel for comment. Meanwhile, he shared in X’s post that he was eager to “help the government serve citizens better”. He added: “Government is the passion of my youth and I’m happy to re-engage.” Seibel thanked Y Combinator founders Paul Graham and Jessica Livingston for signing the contract.
The news came about two weeks before the founder of YC Spring came to work. The program will be run from April to June.
