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tptacek 10 hours ago

YC has funded over 5000 companies, and this page catalogs 39 that failed, many of which, on the sites own terms, are simply business failures, with no additional drama. I don't think the authors of the site realize the case they're actually making here.

dadrian 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

There's something ironic about vibe-coding an anti-YC site. They're why OpenAI exists!

wheelerwj 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Ooof. Thats a statement.

bigyabai 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

OpenAI has their own fair share of critiques, I'd be careful lifting them up as a shining example.

2ndorderthought 9 hours ago | parent [-]

Wait you mean the open ai nonprofit company that doesn't offer open models and is now for profit isn't a good example of a trustworthy company? What?

notahacker 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

it mostly seems to be targeting Garry Tan by suggesting that there are vastly more under his leadership.

But yeah, if you're going to consider startups that just never made enough money as a scandal, then Garry and his predecessors presided over rather a lot more (as would be expected from any accelerator). And if you're not, some harmless AI startup that never made much money or some entity that didn't do anything except sue someone else for their bad behaviour isn't really in the same ballpark as Zenefits or the consumer investment scams YC funded.

Especially if you're going to call this data analysis https://ycombinator.fyi/timeline

I think a FuckedCompany style overview of everything Ycombinator would be fun (and probably not overly flattering to Garry Tan) but I guess that would take more effort.

ksec 3 hours ago | parent [-]

>it mostly seems to be targeting Garry Tan

He is rather unpopular in some circles due to his political opinions. So I am not surprised.

culi 11 minutes ago | parent [-]

He used to work at Palantir. You pretty much have to have shit moral views to be okay with that

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gchamonlive 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Which is why these critical pieces are important, so that this proportion doesn't increase. YC should stand these criticisms lest it become a religion of sorts.

benoau 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

If YC had a chance of being a "religion of sorts" it would have been about Paul Graham, that ship sailed a decade ago.

gchamonlive 7 hours ago | parent [-]

It apparently already is, just trying to say something marginally critical about YC will enrage the zealots of social mobility with their metaphorical pitchforks. But yeah, thinking back, it's not a religion, it's already a cult.

xaxfixho 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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