{"slug": "dalton-caldwells-move-to-partner-emeritus", "title": "Dalton Caldwell’s Move to Partner Emeritus", "summary": "After 12 years at Y Combinator (YC), Dalton Caldwell is transitioning to the role of Partner Emeritus. He contributed significantly to YC's early-stage startup support and application process, most recently serving as a Managing Partner. Caldwell is now co-founding Standard Capital, an AI-focused Series A firm, while remaining a limited resource to the YC community.", "body_md": "After 12+ years, 25 batches, and working with more than a thousand startups, Dalton Caldwell is transitioning to Partner Emeritus at YC.\nDalton joined YC in 2011 and has contributed in a number of roles over the years, most recently as a Managing Partner. During his time here, he worked closely with founders and played a consistent role in how we support companies at the earliest stages.\nHe was also deeply involved in YC’s application process, helping to refine how we evaluate early-stage teams and identify founders with clarity, strong ideas, and product instincts. Over the years, he’s been a steady presence for founders navigating the earliest and often hardest parts of company-building.\nNow, Dalton is stepping into a new role as co-founder of Standard Capital, an AI-native Series A firm he’s launching with Bryan Berg and our very own Paul Buchheit. It’s a natural next step for Dalton, and one we’re excited to support.\nWhile he’s stepping back from day-to-day work at YC, he’ll remain part of the community as Partner Emeritus, continuing to be a resource to founders and alumni in a more limited capacity.\nWe appreciate Dalton’s many contributions to YC over the past decade and look forward to cheering him on in this next chapter and beyond.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dalton-caldwells-move-to-partner-emeritus", "canonical_source": "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/dalton-caldwell-partner-emeritus/", "published_at": "2025-06-12 18:36:17+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-22 08:56:52.739053+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["startups", "venture-capital", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Dalton Caldwell", "YC", "Standard Capital", "Bryan Berg", "Paul Buchheit"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dalton-caldwells-move-to-partner-emeritus", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dalton-caldwells-move-to-partner-emeritus.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dalton-caldwells-move-to-partner-emeritus.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dalton-caldwells-move-to-partner-emeritus.jsonld"}}