I guess this is also the announcement that YC applications are open. Is this earlier than normal? I was preparing to fill out the application toward mid-March f

I guess this is also the announcement that YC applications are open. Is this earlier than normal? I was preparing to fill out the application toward mid-March for the Summer YC batch, but stoked to learn about the fellowship which is a better fit for me at this stage. Also good to see the 'thing you hacked' question had been removed, I never liked that one when I had applied in the past (it's been a few years though, so maybe that was removed a while ago).