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 These are the TechCrunch one-sentence summaries of the YCombinator 2014 class: 

 "Speeds up the process of genetically engineering and growing ingredients"
 "A platform that provides ways for artists to make more money off their concerts and sell directly to fans"
 "An e-filing service for paying income taxes in India" 
 "A company that arbitrages the cost of goods in different countries by using international travelers as a distribution network"
 "Sells men’s custom shirts by measuring you with the camera on your phone"
 "Creates technology for genetically engineering plants"
 "Attacking the $400 billion used car market"
 "Using nanodiamonds to redefine medical imaging"
 "A professional networking platform that applies the simplicity of Tinder with the traditionally tedious process of making connections"
 "Tries to create a unified marketplace for independent brands"
 "Reinventing the way that parents connect with each other and find the resources they need"
 "A service for scheduling spa-style massages at home"
 "Cool technology that uses projection mapping for designer showrooms."
 "Wants to change the manual process of doing background checks for a new generation of employers"
 "Wants to revolutionize the smoothie market by bringing fresh smoothies directly to your door"
 "An exchange for overbooked hotels"
 "A trading platform for Bitcoin that helps buyers find the cheapest prices between various exchanges"
 "Offers a name-your-own price marketplace for products — think of it as “Priceline for products.”"
 "A service offering tax and insurance assistance for independent contractors"
 "Nonprofit that hooks data scientists up with civic and nonprofit organizations to solve big social impact challenges"
 "Software to manage HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) for commercial real estate"
 "Building the world’s first commercial nuclear fusion reactor"
 "Redefine the mental health experience for the online generation"
 "Attempting to replace Visa and MasterCard’s vast credit card networks"
 "Applies the same addictive gaming mechanics to women’s fashion"
 "A platform for helping freelancers to get paid instantly"
 "Building out a network of Bitcoin ATMs"
 "A system that uses big data to take a complete picture of your personal mix of bacteria — also known as your microbiome — and provide ongoing analysis about it"
 "Platform that helps drivers contest parking tickets"
 "Open-source platform to help developers scale and deploy apps with git push and Docker containers"
 "Helps mobile games find paying players through advertising"
 "A mobile app for offering feedback to coworkers"
 "A shared inbox for enterprise teams"
 "Democratizes access to hedge funds"
 "An on-demand bouncer service"
 "A startup that is seeking to help prevent the more than 400,000 deaths each year that are caused by physician error"
 "A network of portable batteries in restaurants, bars, and coffee shops"
 "Brings some Uber-like technology to the whole process of finding, booking, and paying a landscaping or lawncare provider"
 "Building a small-scale nuclear fission reactor that can operate using uranium, thorium, or recycled nuclear fuel"
 "The Facebook Connect of Bitcoin"
 "A company doing push notifications for websites"
 "Provides a platform for secure online access to your own health records"
 "Provides fraud protection and individual I.D. verification in a software as a service model for companies that perform online financial transactions"
 "Increases sales for companies by making sure that sales teams don’t let leads fall to the wayside. It’s basically a task management system"
 "Trying to be the Uber of Parking"
 "Created a way to incentivize people to store files on its network. The company enables them to rent out storage, earn Filecoin, and then cash out in Bitcoin."
 "Provides on-demand shipping on your smartphone"
 "A “smart irrigation system” for gardeners and small farmers"
 "This company offers A/B testing for social sharing"
 "Goal is to make servers “self-healing.” By that, they mean that their service will automatically fix some of the most common server alerts like when a process crashes, when a disk is full or when there is low CPU utilization"
 "Hopes to bring quantum computing to the masses"
 "A device that connects the music to every speaker throughout your home at the same time"
 "Aims to bring the crowdfunding power that’s been leveraged by thousands of startups through sites like Kickstarter to specifically benefit small local businesses"
 "Has a simple mission: to sell coffee online"
 "A Bitcoin debit card that lets you pay for everyday goods and services the way you would with a regular ATM or credit card"
 "A highly flexible subscription billing platform that is designed to help businesses that are in that business online"
 "Creating a FREE vaccine to end HIV and AIDS"
 "A daily list of up-and-coming tech products"
 "Helps companies building cloud products for health care comply with HIPAA regulations on privacy and security"
 "A genomic platform for search"
 "An on-demand marketplace for digital marketers"
 "A real-time classified service that lets individuals exchange anything with other people"
 "A platform that plans to let professionals brand their own health and beauty vitamins and products"
 "If Github is a platform that allows anyone to share code, BlockSpring lets anyone run code"
 "A mobile electronic medical record for behavioral therapy in the cloud"
 "A Reddit-like online discussion hub for women only"

 Sources: 
 http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/19/yc-demo-day-session-1-gingko-bioworks-bikanta-checkr-walksource-cleartax-and-more/
 http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/19/yc-demo-day-session-2-helion-bitaccess-ubiome-fixed-and-more/
 http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/19/yc-demo-day-session-3-upower-edyn-craft-coffee-immunity-project-and-more/
 http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/19/yc-demo-day-session-4/
	These are the TechCrunch one-sentence summaries of the YCombinator 2014 class:

	"Speeds up the process of genetically engineering and growing ingredients"
	"A platform that provides ways for artists to make more money off their concerts and sell directly to fans"
	"An e-filing service for paying income taxes in India"
	"A company that arbitrages the cost of goods in different countries by using international travelers as a distribution network"
	"Sells men’s custom shirts by measuring you with the camera on your phone"
	"Creates technology for genetically engineering plants"
	"Attacking the $400 billion used car market"
	"Using nanodiamonds to redefine medical imaging"
	"A professional networking platform that applies the simplicity of Tinder with the traditionally tedious process of making connections"
	"Tries to create a unified marketplace for independent brands"
	"Reinventing the way that parents connect with each other and find the resources they need"
	"A service for scheduling spa-style massages at home"
	"Cool technology that uses projection mapping for designer showrooms."
	"Wants to change the manual process of doing background checks for a new generation of employers"
	"Wants to revolutionize the smoothie market by bringing fresh smoothies directly to your door"
	"An exchange for overbooked hotels"
	"A trading platform for Bitcoin that helps buyers find the cheapest prices between various exchanges"
	"Offers a name-your-own price marketplace for products — think of it as “Priceline for products.”"
	"A service offering tax and insurance assistance for independent contractors"
	"Nonprofit that hooks data scientists up with civic and nonprofit organizations to solve big social impact challenges"
	"Software to manage HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) for commercial real estate"
	"Building the world’s first commercial nuclear fusion reactor"
	"Redefine the mental health experience for the online generation"
	"Attempting to replace Visa and MasterCard’s vast credit card networks"
	"Applies the same addictive gaming mechanics to women’s fashion"
	"A platform for helping freelancers to get paid instantly"
	"Building out a network of Bitcoin ATMs"
	"A system that uses big data to take a complete picture of your personal mix of bacteria — also known as your microbiome — and provide ongoing analysis about it"
	"Platform that helps drivers contest parking tickets"
	"Open-source platform to help developers scale and deploy apps with git push and Docker containers"
	"Helps mobile games find paying players through advertising"
	"A mobile app for offering feedback to coworkers"
	"A shared inbox for enterprise teams"
	"Democratizes access to hedge funds"
	"An on-demand bouncer service"
	"A startup that is seeking to help prevent the more than 400,000 deaths each year that are caused by physician error"
	"A network of portable batteries in restaurants, bars, and coffee shops"
	"Brings some Uber-like technology to the whole process of finding, booking, and paying a landscaping or lawncare provider"
	"Building a small-scale nuclear fission reactor that can operate using uranium, thorium, or recycled nuclear fuel"
	"The Facebook Connect of Bitcoin"
	"A company doing push notifications for websites"
	"Provides a platform for secure online access to your own health records"
	"Provides fraud protection and individual I.D. verification in a software as a service model for companies that perform online financial transactions"
	"Increases sales for companies by making sure that sales teams don’t let leads fall to the wayside. It’s basically a task management system"
	"Trying to be the Uber of Parking"
	"Created a way to incentivize people to store files on its network. The company enables them to rent out storage, earn Filecoin, and then cash out in Bitcoin."
	"Provides on-demand shipping on your smartphone"
	"A “smart irrigation system” for gardeners and small farmers"
	"This company offers A/B testing for social sharing"
	"Goal is to make servers “self-healing.” By that, they mean that their service will automatically fix some of the most common server alerts like when a process crashes, when a disk is full or when there is low CPU utilization"
	"Hopes to bring quantum computing to the masses"
	"A device that connects the music to every speaker throughout your home at the same time"
	"Aims to bring the crowdfunding power that’s been leveraged by thousands of startups through sites like Kickstarter to specifically benefit small local businesses"
	"Has a simple mission: to sell coffee online"
	"A Bitcoin debit card that lets you pay for everyday goods and services the way you would with a regular ATM or credit card"
	"A highly flexible subscription billing platform that is designed to help businesses that are in that business online"
	"Creating a FREE vaccine to end HIV and AIDS"
	"A daily list of up-and-coming tech products"
	"Helps companies building cloud products for health care comply with HIPAA regulations on privacy and security"
	"A genomic platform for search"
	"An on-demand marketplace for digital marketers"
	"A real-time classified service that lets individuals exchange anything with other people"
	"A platform that plans to let professionals brand their own health and beauty vitamins and products"
	"If Github is a platform that allows anyone to share code, BlockSpring lets anyone run code"
	"A mobile electronic medical record for behavioral therapy in the cloud"
	"A Reddit-like online discussion hub for women only"

	Sources:
	http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/19/yc-demo-day-session-1-gingko-bioworks-bikanta-checkr-walksource-cleartax-and-more/
	http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/19/yc-demo-day-session-2-helion-bitaccess-ubiome-fixed-and-more/
	http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/19/yc-demo-day-session-3-upower-edyn-craft-coffee-immunity-project-and-more/
	http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/19/yc-demo-day-session-4/