from the piece:

“ the median age of the latest Y Combinator cohort is only 24, down from 30 just three years ago “

does yc publish stats to validate?

bix6 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

et1337 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Didn’t we just have a front page article about the average founder age increasing well beyond 30 this year? Is it a non-normal distribution or what?

	▲	bix6 8 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Tunguz shows early 40s as the median https://tomtunguz.com/founder-age-median-trend/ YC trends younger given what they’re looking for
	▲	InitialLastName 8 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Lots of explanations with power here: - There's a hard edge to the distribution that isn't far from 24 (I'd expect relatively few sub-18-year-old YC founders, but more 31+-year-olds) - Older founders (with more experience, larger networks and less life flexibility) aren't a good fit for incubators.