2 ms·

Subsidiary point in the post, but I strongly disagree with OP that YC has been diluting it's brand / average quality of companies by accepting more companies.

Subsidiary point in the post, but I strongly disagree with OP that YC has been diluting it's brand / average quality of companies by accepting more companies. Having seen the vast majority of YC companies, it's obvious that the average quality of companies in YC has only risen over the years. More companies are being accepted because more good companies are applying, not because YC has relaxed its standards. If anything, it's probably harder to get into YC now than it was before.

stefanobernardi 14y ago
That can be true. I still think that many companies are smaller in ambition. Even if the company quality continues to go up, my opinion (as I tried to write in the post) is that 80+ companies raising seed rounds almost at the same time, every semester, with very high valuations, are unsustainable for the ecosystem in the long run.