I don’t mean this in a bad way, but like, at this point YC’s business model is spray and pray right? They weed out obvious losers, and then use vibes to pick a

I don’t mean this in a bad way, but like, at this point YC’s business model is spray and pray right? They weed out obvious losers, and then use vibes to pick a section of the rest, push them through a standard accelerator program, and demo day at the end, and this works because having been accepted into YC is like being able to say you went to a fancy university: no guarantees on future performance, but you’re probably not an idiot. They should be (and are — YC Fall Batch!) trying to maximise the number of companies they take on while not diminishing returns below their cost of capital and brand dilution. This is not a boutique investment shop.