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YC: Requests for Startups

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514 points sarimkx | 1 comments | 14 Feb 24 16:31 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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frob ◴[14 Feb 24 23:49 UTC] No.39377223[source]▶
Today I learned that YC not only funds military companies, but encourages new startups to focus on killing machines and spying. And to point to the spy firm Palantir as an example of a model company shows how morally bankrupt YC truly is. Anything for a buck, right? All this while those same defense firms are currently making tens of billions of dollars supplying hardware to kill hundreds of civilians a day right this very instant.

Make bombs people want, I see.

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jryle70 ◴[15 Feb 24 00:58 UTC] No.39377797[source]▶
Ukraine suffer from daily Russia's drone attack. How about a low cost network that detects, disables or shots down those drones before they can get to their targets? That also, and truly is, a defense system.

Do you have any problems with that?

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1. frob ◴[18 Feb 24 14:10 UTC] No.39419203[source]▶
I don't see anything in YC's call saying they would only fund defensive capabilities (which is itself somewhat of a misnomer since it doesn't take much engineering to turn "defensive" tech into offensive weapons of war). YC looks like it is open to funding all forms of warfare.