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But if they're that big and growing that much, they can't be that stealth… Unless the "stealth" part is the fact that they're a YC company. By that I mean that
by Timothee 15y ago
But if they're that big and growing that much, they can't be that stealth…
Unless the "stealth" part is the fact that they're a YC company. By that I mean that it could be a company/product that is well known but it's unknown that the company joined YC last summer. Though I'm not sure if a secret like that could be kept easily… (e.g. TurnTable.fm could fit the bill of some of the details: NY, music-based, Facebook API, game dynamics, crowdsourced content, VC-funded… but they're not part of YC AFAICT)
Another example is COLOURLovers which was big long before joining YCombinator. (so much so that I was very surprised that they did)
NB: if it turns out, I'm right about TurnTable.fm, remember that you've read it here first :)
- dangrossman 15y agoI'm 99% sure it's Rap Genius now. That same dropbox ID appears on an old Facebook post by their account. They're YC S11.
- Timothee 15y agoIt could be, I don't really know RapGenius. And I agree with your other comment: the growth graph doesn't match what I'd imagine for TurnTable.fm. I'd see a huge spike around May-June and a cliff after that.
- parsnips 15y agoI know the Rap Genius guys... They are "confident" in a very frat-house east coast way, so I concur :)
- mjdwitt 15y agoBut if they're that big and growing that much, they can't be that stealth… Hence the ironic-quotes. You do have an interesting theory though. Not that I totally understand why somebody would want to hide the fact that they're a YC alumni...