More companies means less attention for the 7% you are giving away. There are also more YC advisors. When I first went through YC in 2010, it was Paul Graham g

More companies means less attention for the 7% you are giving away. There are also more YC advisors. When I first went through YC in 2010, it was Paul Graham giving advice to everyone. Nowadays it's more like each company has a few partners that are focused on their industry, along with some generic advice from the weekly events. I actually think each startup gets more attention now, since there are more people giving out attention. Maybe in Plato's Academy every student could be taught by Plato himself. But a modern college gives you a much better education by hiring many educators with different areas of specialty. Things have to change as they scale, but if YC scales right, things can actually get better.