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   by arowghani 9y ago

   No Demo Day or fundraising event currently planned.
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   by arowghani 9y ago

   My pleasure!
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   by arowghani 9y ago

   We won’t compete for traditional Series A deals because it would damage our core program to do so. It would be self-defeating to try to “vertically integrate” and disrupt the vibrant investor ecosystem that we have cultivated around Demo D
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   by arowghani 9y ago

   Thanks Jacques. I don’t read any malice in your words and I certainly don’t mean to sound dismissive. My point was simply that, as a matter of strategy, it would not be in YC’s interest to “vertically integrate” as you suggest. And I can
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   by arowghani 9y ago

   Hi…Ali from YC here. There are a couple of things I’d like to address in the comment above from YC’s perspective. First, YC has no “vertical integration strategy” to make “demo day and A round financing by outsiders” to “disappear.” In