As a former employer for a YC funded company that was shut down against the founder's wishes, forced to via the investor board; I can say that this article does

As a former employer for a YC funded company that was shut down against the founder's wishes, forced to via the investor board; I can say that this article does not universally wrongly characterize the YC experience. We had another year of runway in the bank and solid growth. ZIRP ended and the board nuked us from orbit.