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I thought YC backed individual founders and ideas rather than general technologies or sectors.

• marcopicentini 3y ago
  It’s common during a bubble to lose fundamental principles.
• deleted 3y ago
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• dang 3y ago
  YC has a long tradition of soliciting applications in particular areas—see the links below. Of course, founders with other ideas are entirely welcome to apply. Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=250704 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=250704 - July 2008 (380 comments) A New Experiment: The RFS - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=766703 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=766703 - Aug 2009 (57 comments) YCRFS 1: The Future of Journalism - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=766796 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=766796 - Aug 2009 (56 comments) YCRFS 2: New Paths Through Product Space - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=768425 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=768425 - Aug 2009 (21 comments) YCRFS 3: Things Built on Twitter - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=904193 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=904193 - Oct 2009 (67 comments) YCRFS 4: New Ways to Use Live Video - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=904195 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=904195 - Oct 2009 (19 comments) RFS 5: Development on Handhelds - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=950781 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=950781 - Nov 2009 (44 comments) YCRFS 6: iPad Applications - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1160140 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1160140 - March 2010 (106 comments) YCRFS 7: Applications of Facebook Instant Personalization - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1638004 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1638004 - Aug 2010 (29 comments) Request for Startups: Kill Hollywood. - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3491542 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3491542 - Jan 2012 (664 comments) New Requests for Startups - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8308666 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8308666 - Sept 2014 (390 comments) Requests for Startups Refreshed - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12592619 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12592619 - Sept 2016 (124 comments) Request for Startups: Water - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13311257 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13311257 - Jan 2017 (224 comments)
  • yellow_lead 3y ago
    A lot of these links in the original submissions are broken. Would be nice if they could be fixed or archived. I.e: https://www.ycombinator.com/rfs5.html https://www.ycombinator.com/rfs5.html
    • dang 3y ago
      Ok, I've pinned archive links to the top of those threads.
      • yellow_lead 3y ago
        Thanks!
      • ignoramous 3y ago
        Hi Dang, how about an archive mirror link next to flag for links older than, say, 30d? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21766547 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21766547
        • dang 3y ago
          How can it be automated in a reliable way? Archive links don't necessarily take you to a readable copy of the article. Someone has to check that, no?
          • ignoramous 3y ago
            Not sure if the Wayback Machine supports API-based on-demand archival, but they do partner with firms like Cloudflare to auto archive websites: https://archive.is/O9SAO https://archive.is/O9SAO There's availability API but it won't tell us if the archived webpage does indeed display content (say, if it was behind a paywall or cookie banner): https://archive.org/help/wayback_api.php https://archive.org/help/wayback_api.php archive.is, which breaks past some of the paywalls, apparently (haven't tried it myself) supports the Memento protocol: https://github.com/palewire/archiveis/blob/master/archiveis/api.py https://github.com/palewire/archiveis/blob/master/archiveis/...