I've talked with a lot of startups who got in YC in the past several years, and none of them got a call or an interview without having connection inside or usin

I've talked with a lot of startups who got in YC in the past several years, and none of them got a call or an interview without having connection inside or using some kind of a hack. Then your sample must be strangely biased, because most startups we fund don't.