YC under fire: critics claim Garry Tan-era batches are 'vibecoded garbage with fake metrics'
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-09-03
A heated X exchange criticizing Y Combinator: user norpadon argued that under Paul Graham, YC funded real tech companies, while under Garry Tan 'every YC-funded company looks like garbage vibecoded in a day with fake metrics.' Quoting user darrenmarble, who wrote that watching Graham destroy the YC brand he built in real time is astonishing, the post reflects growing backlash against YC batch quality amid the AI coding boom.
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