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The only thing that really matters for YC is if the company can be acquired. With Google just buying a bunch of robotics companies and the belief in "geek excep
by supersystem 13y ago
The only thing that really matters for YC is if the company can be acquired. With Google just buying a bunch of robotics companies and the belief in "geek exceptionalism" as high as ever I've seen worse bets.
- rayiner 13y agoOkay, can they get Boeing to acquire one of those companies? Because those are the kinds of relevant players in most of these areas.
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- loganu 13y agoWhy not? Advances in materials, energy, batteries, would be right up Boeing's alley. Diagnostics, communications for planes? What if YC funded a company that had a novel method to make petroleum extraction 20% faster, cleaner or more efficient? Or could help scale lotus-effect paints to mass production? Or could bring big data/ machine-learning to health care to crunch through our habits and health history to find strange correlations and insights that we wouldn't think of? YC now (publicly) looks like it's working on the ideas and types of companies that the world needs more of. If this shift is real, it opens up YC to smart people without CS degrees. (I know it was before, but it's perception as well) And there are exits, they're just outside of SV. GE, Philips, Exxon, GSK, Pfizer, Bombardier...
- rayiner 13y agoThe value of YC is the connections, expertise, and support it provides. In terms of these things, what does it bring to the table in oil extraction or aerospace? You're not showing how to get from point A to point B.