> The HARC group at Y Combinator Research has/had an ambitious vision of bringing back the basic research model that led to many fundamental innovations in the

> The HARC group at Y Combinator Research has/had an ambitious vision of bringing back the basic research model that led to many fundamental innovations in the 60s, including a handful of groups in addition to ours. > I think if world events had been different, the timing would have worked out well for a resurgence of this kind of research. Are you at liberty to talk more about this? I get the vibe that, with the election of Trump, YCR decided to narrow their spending to focus in the near-term on large impact projects.