Since I'm not a citizen of US and have no money even for 3-month rent in sfba, but my startup prototype is a real market need and have solid technology inside of it.
From: <a href="http://www.ycombinator.com/deal/" rel="nofollow">http://www.ycombinator.com/deal/</a><p>> <i>We have a standard deal at YC: we’ll invest $120k in return for 7% of the company,</i> [...]<p>> <i>We think that $120k is the right amount for founders to be able to run their company and to live in the Bay Area for around 5-6 months, and sometimes even longer.</i> [...]<p>To get an official reply, you can try the contact form
<a href="http://www.ycombinator.com/contact/" rel="nofollow">http://www.ycombinator.com/contact/</a> but read first the FAQ, in particular the part about "international founders".