YC should fund research into the foundations of the open Internet and web. The Internet was created decades ago as a public research project. Decades later, t

YC should fund research into the foundations of the open Internet and web. The Internet was created decades ago as a public research project. Decades later, tremendous amounts of that value was captured by Internet startups. The thing that distinguishes the Internet and web from other technology is that it is open and interoperable. Its style is just profoundly different. Individual companies have no incentive to create such technology. They create things in the style of Apple, Facebook, or much of Google's later technology. The Internet was funded by the military. Unix was created by a telephone monopoly. The web was created by a benevolent researcher. I think it would make sense for YC to fund the next system along these lines. This kind of innovation takes place on a time scale not accessible to most organizations.