That Quora (or any company for that fact) wants to join YC is pretty obvious. For me, the non-obvious thing is why YC would like anything to do with Quora. Maybe I'm missing something but with the bad things going on at Quora, I can't see what's in it for YC. Sure, a high-profile company that you now have a small piece in but I didn't think YC would go for companies with a reputation already. I thought YC was for helping companies starting up and gaining reputation. I don't really believe "Altman wants a piece of every billion dollar company".
I'm not sure what the financial benefit is for Y Combinator XX, LP, but there's definitely some value to all the other YC companies in having dangelo as a YC founder and part of the network.
(I'd have preferred Elon Musk for sure, but I suspect that wasn't on the table...)
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That Quora (or any company for that fact) wants to join YC is pretty obvious. For me, the non-obvious thing is why YC would like anything to do with Quora. Maybe I'm missing something but with the bad things going on at Quora, I can't see what's in it for YC. Sure, a high-profile company that you now have a small piece in but I didn't think YC would go for companies with a reputation already. I thought YC was for helping companies starting up and gaining reputation. I don't really believe "Altman wants a piece of every billion dollar company".
I'm not sure what the financial benefit is for Y Combinator XX, LP, but there's definitely some value to all the other YC companies in having dangelo as a YC founder and part of the network.
(I'd have preferred Elon Musk for sure, but I suspect that wasn't on the table...)