Assuming you get in, you can ask this question from the YC team. If you don't get in, I don't think YC will tell this company that you applied and didn't get in

Assuming you get in, you can ask this question from the YC team. If you don't get in, I don't think YC will tell this company that you applied and didn't get in, so there's no tie-cutting. Edit: nostrademons makes a good point, but the chance of the specific YC alum that is running this big company also being the one that reads your application seems pretty small to me.