This was one of the top stories a few minutes ago and suddenly it's on the second page. That's a shame, because it needs to be addressed. Dear startups, If y

This was one of the top stories a few minutes ago and suddenly it's on the second page. That's a shame, because it needs to be addressed. Dear startups, If you want to do something very innovative, don't apply to YC with it. YC is a three month program designed to make companies; it is not a research program. On the application, you will have to describe what you're working on in three sentences. That's not a design flaw; they're looking for things that can be described in a few sentences. There have been exceptions -- people that went through the program who were (and are) working on hard problems -- but if you look at the numbers, they are clearly the exception. YC is great. I'm glad it exists. But understand what it is, not what you want it to be.