This is probably way more PT Barnum than pg would like to be; but it would be pretty awesome to use the proceeds to fund a "community selected" startup. Startup

This is probably way more PT Barnum than pg would like to be; but it would be pretty awesome to use the proceeds to fund a "community selected" startup. Startups could opt-in if they didn't make the regular YC cut; but were in the next N% of applicants. pg could make a poll with links to the various pitches and the one with the highest vote totals gets funded. Of course, you'd have to worry about poll-stuffing and the like; but I think it would be an interesting experiment.