YC startups don't grow on a tree in the YC garden and YC is what most startups want to get into. It makes much more sense to make that research widely available

YC startups don't grow on a tree in the YC garden and YC is what most startups want to get into. It makes much more sense to make that research widely available, chances are good for YC that the startups that do something useful with it will join YC at a later point. Even if they don't, a growing technology industry helps everyone, YC included.