... but still, they have just about as much chance as the other guys, no? Competition is a given usually anyway. Maybe even in the same batch having very simi

... but still, they have just about as much chance as the other guys, no? Competition is a given usually anyway. Maybe even in the same batch having very similar companies makes sense -- see the recent rush of YC funded companies that build on whatever OpenAI released -- because different founders/teams can be introduced to different contacts in the YC network.