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Who Doesn’t Enjoy a Good Tech Bro Pissing Match?

Who Doesn’t Enjoy a Good Tech Bro Pissing Match?

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There was a recent, er, exchange of words between that grandaddy of accelerators, Y Combinator, or rather CEO Garry Tan, and Ari Partovi, founder and CEO of relative upstart accelerator, Neo. During a keynote he gave at HackMIT, in “his 15-minute speech, Partovi says he mentioned YC once, saying: “The mentor ratio: we have as many mentors as Y Combinator, except they’re serving 20 startups rather than 250 startup,” TechCrunch reported.

“The comment seemingly infuriated (Tan), who took to X… to write: “Competition is good. What isn’t OK is when competitors like Neo slander Y Combinator by saying ‘YC does not offer personalized advice’… YC has 12 group partners including me: When we fund you you get 1:1 advice for the life of your startup.”

Boys, boys, boys!

Tan’s are fightin’ words – and Partovi’s, from Tan’s point of view, possibly tortuous, in the legal sense. Or, as the TechCrunch headline put it, Why is Y Combinator so defensive lately? Read More...

The Sili-CON Game

The Sili-CON Game

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What captured the attention of the Twitterverse of late was the thread from Bolt founder Ryan Breslow (@theryanking) who called out the Silicon Valley Mob. We quote: “two forces have the most power in Silicon Valley. And like… tenfold more than anyone else. Their names: Stripe and YCombinator. The kicker → Their power is in how they work together. Stripe is the darling child of Silicon Valley. Early to YC (YCombinator), Stripe made payment processing APIs easy and signed up all their YC batchmates to use their product. The “official payment processor for YC”, Stripe became a HOT company. Sequoia, the most powerful VC firm in the world, went all-in. Their position today is upwards of $20-$30B in Stripe stock.

 

By the Numbers

“Three forces combined quickly: 1/ The most powerful VC firm in the world. 2/ The most powerful startup accelerator in the world. 3/ The most powerful startup in the world, with the help of #1 and #2.” Read More...