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This is getting HUGE exposure on Xwitter right now.

YC is backtracking on them and rightly so. I don't blame them, they probably pitched something relatively ok-ish; today's demo is just a disaster from every angle.

Incidentally, this also shows why 2020s YC is a different beast than 2010s YC, they don't really care about your startup, they don't even really know what is it about, its just a pure numbers game at this point.

Methaphorically, YC also optifye-d itself into what it is nowadays.




"today's demo is just a disaster from every angle."

It is not. Lots of exposure. Those who complain were not customers. Those who are potential customers don't care about comments on twitter.

Can argue backlash hurts YC but for the company itself probably helps in long run.


Did lots of exposure help PearAI?




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