This may not have been YC's intent, but it does appear that's what's effectively happened in the end. I have to assume that YC has some method of exit strategy

This may not have been YC's intent, but it does appear that's what's effectively happened in the end. I have to assume that YC has some method of exit strategy to separate itself from companies that deviate so strongly. Maybe YC was just asleep at the wheel, I don't know, but in either case they are attached to the failure here.