What was the age of the oldest person admitted to Y Combinator?

It's one of those awkward late stage career things but I have a friend and colleague who is applying to Y-Combinator and wants me as a co-founder. We are both 53. Yeah I know it's illegal to discriminate on age but we all know it happens or it's enforced and they bring on someone mediocre to fulfill requirements. (I am an older person of color who has been through this kind of reception before. I wish people would look at my ability to do not my colour when hiring me.You are hiring me to do things not fill a colour quota.)

The truth is there's massive ageism throughout this industry. It's everywhere --not just SV/SF/west coast, but it's much worse in that region relative to others.

I feel it would be best to give you the truth directly.

I've just turned 50, though I've applied to YC many times before, even in my 30s.

It would be nice to know the answer to who was the oldest person, but at the same time, why does it matter?

We can't deny that ageism exists in the industry, you're not going to let that stop you from building your business, right?

Is there a benefit you get from age that younger people don't have? How are you going to leverage that to your advantage?

This is a simple, great question and our of curiosity I'd love to know the answer.

I wanted to leverage my age and experience by not applying and just getting on a building it. But I have a founder who is convinced that you need money first then prototypes.I assured her that there is nothing in her proposition needs any tech that you cannot buy off the self or use bubble.io or something.

It really bemuses me as she has bootstrapped a confectionary business to over $100m. Sadly got trashed by the sociopath late stage growth investors who gave her back nearly nothing. Just like Dee Hock.

In filling in the application it became clear that they want young, "moldable" and want to establish a power relationship with the reader. I became clearly nauseas.