YC has a huge and specific audience, which makes it uniquely able to popularize a standard seed funding system. Notably, they will write emails to all rejected

YC has a huge and specific audience, which makes it uniquely able to popularize a standard seed funding system. Notably, they will write emails to all rejected applicants, and they probably receive tens of inquiries per week from YC-like ventures asking for help. I didn't intend to suggest that YC force anyone to do anything.