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I think they're all pretty bad tbh. They aren't very good at guessing age, and guessing gender is harder especially if you're young or have rounded features.

thanks! We were wondering if it was worth applying. We went from zero revenue to generating revenue after our old accelerator and was looking into YC to grow now that we had a soli…

How much is the bias against startups that have been to other accelerators? What are the benchmarks for progress in those cases?

One the reasons why it took so long (2 months to approval) is there isn't a clear set of rules for success. When you submit to Play store or Apple store, there's a list of guidelin…

Please lead with the location of the position and include the keywords REMOTE, INTERNS and/or VISA when the corresponding sort of candidate is welcome. When remote work is not an o…

I like the penguin it's cute, but I can't help but think of Microsoft clippy

Yes, that's what we thought as well when we got rejected. With such a large group of applicants, the core reason is probably "you're on the wrong side of bell curve" At the same ti…

one of the things that really struck me when fundraising: "...that 25k he just gave you, could've gone to his kids' college fund or investing in blue chip stocks instead. It's amaz…

one of the key reasons why people join accelerators is for network and connections though, not just advice. Without that conversations, that sounding board, all that written advice…

It's more of a natural evolution. We had one idea on how to use the technology, but the user feedback preferred a smaller aspect that we overlooked. So we narrowed down and turned …

We've already taken investment pre-pivot from angels, screwing investors over to be a 'fresh startup' seems to be a type of fraud. It's different pitch, but a natural and logical p…

It seems to unfairly penalize startups who've pivoted since after the accelerator. We've been to one. It was early stage, and within our geography. When we spoke to YC/500startups …