Aren't they following a similar model to modern colleges? Build the prestige and then coast? There have been recent threads detailing extension/open admission o

Aren't they following a similar model to modern colleges? Build the prestige and then coast? There have been recent threads detailing extension/open admission online colleges potentially diluting colleges' brands. With a few dozen companies per batch, it seems like you would get more attention and the air of exclusivity. Now there are hundreds per batch with companies that are essentially rehashes of other YC companies from 10 years back. For every novel idea company, there seem to be a dozen variations of market analytics (no, your Customer Data tracking platform is not unique) or niche infrastructure management (solving complexity created for the sake of complexity vs simply avoiding... Where have we ended up) companies. They're obviously looking for the decacorn type companies but so many seem to be best case scenario of acquireihires. If you ignore flashy tech and buzzwords, it has never been easier to build the software. What keeps getting harder is getting material visibility in the marketplace due to the huge influx of niche participants and small avenue of promotional channels.