>BS. If that was the case, then YC would be a non-profit and they would accept everyone. I could see the argument for the first (non-profit) but not the second

>BS. If that was the case, then YC would be a non-profit and they would accept everyone. I could see the argument for the first (non-profit) but not the second (accept everyone). Filtering down to a set of folks that they think they'd be able to most effectively help would make a lot of sense regardless of reason for doing.