The YES Thesis
This summer, without any funding from Yale, YES brought 14 teams together in a house in San Francisco.
Four teams completed fundraising rounds totaling $17 million. Their work spanned biotechnology, robotics, assistive technology, financial infrastructure, and other frontier industries, attracting leading investors and national recognition from The Wall Street Journal.
And that was one summer of having a home to rally around.
Building in the Hacker House showed us how much Yale’s builders could accomplish when they could find one another.
As the newest co-presidents of YES, we intend to bring that community home.
Our goal is to establish a permanent common room for the next generation of Yale visionaries to find one another, seek advice and resources, and pursue excellence in their work.
Our mission: support the Yalies who want to build the future, not just study for it.