That's interesting if true. The faster YC companies fail, the faster YC can bring in new startups. The odds of success for a fresh company are probably better t

That's interesting if true. The faster YC companies fail, the faster YC can bring in new startups. The odds of success for a fresh company are probably better than the odds of success for a failing company, and if so then they have an incentive prune failing startups as quickly as possible. An easy way to do that is to limit funding to the bare minimum required for success.