500 Startups is quite global and well considered the second best. It's not a perfect comparison, though. 500 shines in marketing and hustling, while YC likes to

500 Startups is quite global and well considered the second best. It's not a perfect comparison, though. 500 shines in marketing and hustling, while YC likes to focus more on product. Plenty of startups are better fits for one or the other and plenty do both. "I applied to YC for S24 but didn't even get an interview. I feel like its just too competitive (about 30k applications)" > If you didn't get a "you were in the top 10%" email, it might well be too competitive.