I've noticed this for a few companies as well (https://www.keyvalues.com https://www.keyvalues.com comes to mind). Don't get me wrong it's a great company for

I've noticed this for a few companies as well (https://www.keyvalues.com https://www.keyvalues.com comes to mind). Don't get me wrong it's a great company for the founder and maybe a small team, but there's no intent to grow it massively. The founder has even said so. Not sure why YC makes those exceptions sometimes.