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I have to admit that I'm missing the take-over-the-world/crazy-moonshot kind of company among the entries. I appreciate that Y-Combinator is a commercial instit
by wolframhempel 8y ago
I have to admit that I'm missing the take-over-the-world/crazy-moonshot kind of company among the entries. I appreciate that Y-Combinator is a commercial institution with commercial goals and that personalized daily vitamin packs, better SaaS conversion and AI-powered programming are all sensible iterations on existing themes - but wouldn't there have been space for at least one next-gen Googe/Space X/Hyperloop sort of venture? Surely someone applied that'd fit that bill.
- Findeton 8y agoThey don't announce all companies from the batch, only the ones that are ready to go "public".
- eaenki 8y agoLooking at previous, recent batches, you'd be hard pressed to find startups that look seemingly undoable/like a joke (which are usually the ones with huge potential). For me, only Boom and a couple biotech companies make the list.
- donkeyd 8y agoDidn't Google just start to 'build a better search engine'? It wouldn't have seemed like a crazy moonshot at the start.