YC Founders Bailing for Big Tech Sparks Debate

YC founders are abandoning startups within months for safe jobs at AI labs and big tech, drawing criticism over a lack of grit, while Beff Jezos warns that YC risks collapsing into a prestige-signaling status game.

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