YC's wishlist is making startups look like academia, founder argues
KadriJibraan · x · 2026-10-29
A viral critique argues YC's published company wishlist fuels a cycle of copycat startups: resources flow not to the most passionate builders but to those best at playing the game — founders optimizing for a legible path to acquihire rather than building anything real, with genuinely original builders getting ignored.
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