YC Research

#1

Post by sama » Wed, Oct 07, 2015, 6:15 PM UTC

YC Research
blog.ycombinator.com

Re: YC Research

#2

Post by _pius » Wed, Oct 07, 2015, 6:21 PM UTC

This looks amazing ... a modern Bell Labs or Xerox PARC.

Re: YC Research

#3

Post by urs2102 » Wed, Oct 07, 2015, 6:23 PM UTC

@sama - are the members of these groups going to be selected by YC or will there be an application process similar to YC?

This is awesome to see, maybe YCR could be the next Bell Labs or something (although Google probably has a hold on that now).

Re: YC Research

#4

Post by sama » Wed, Oct 07, 2015, 6:25 PM UTC

urs2102 wrote: post #3

@sama - are the members of these groups going to be selected by YC or will there be an application process similar to YC? This is awesome to see, maybe YCR could be the next Bell Labs or something (although Google probably has a hold on that now).

For now they are going to be hand-selected by me (the area we are starting with requires pretty specific domain expertise). Not sure what we'll do in the future.

Re: YC Research

#5

Post by imajes » Wed, Oct 07, 2015, 6:26 PM UTC

@sama: is one of the intentions for this group to acquire patents, so that you may be able to use them in defense for YC companies?

Re: YC Research

#6

Post by mehrdada » Wed, Oct 07, 2015, 6:26 PM UTC

This is great. I am hoping things like this will shake the dynamics of publication-oriented credentialing and ultimately the value proposition of academia/academic research.

Re: YC Research

#7

Post by dreamdu5t » Wed, Oct 07, 2015, 6:28 PM UTC

_pius wrote: post #2

This looks amazing ... a modern Bell Labs or Xerox PARC.

Bell Labs had an annual budget of over 3 billion since the 80s.

Re: YC Research

#8

Post by myth_buster » Wed, Oct 07, 2015, 6:28 PM UTC

This thread [0] from couple of days back on Alan Kay's views on recreating Xerox PARC seems relevant.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10322929

Re: YC Research

#9

Post by sama » Wed, Oct 07, 2015, 6:28 PM UTC

imajes wrote: post #5

@sama: is one of the intentions for this group to acquire patents, so that you may be able to use them in defense for YC companies?

No--all IP developed is free to the world, so we wouldn't be able to use it defensively.

Re: YC Research

#10

Post by myth_buster » Wed, Oct 07, 2015, 6:30 PM UTC

imajes wrote: post #5

@sama: is one of the intentions for this group to acquire patents, so that you may be able to use them in defense for YC companies?

Apparently not.

  YCR is a non-profit.  Any IP developed will be made available freely to everyone. 

  We’re not doing this with the goal of helping YC’s startups succeed or 
  adding to our bottom line.