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931 points sohzm | 2 comments | 04 Jul 25 02:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.434s | source
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Havoc ◴[04 Jul 25 09:45 UTC] No.44462964[source]▶
To a casual outside observer the quality of the companies YC invests in seems to have absolutely cratered. Have they just given up on vetting and switched to a throw money at everything approach?
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1. 1oooqooq ◴[04 Jul 25 11:23 UTC] No.44463530[source]▶
> Have they just given up on vetting and switched to a throw money at everything approach?

this is exactly their business model. almost word for word.

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2. Havoc ◴[04 Jul 25 11:35 UTC] No.44463601[source]▶
I'd say they have historically aspired to active informed selection and then accepting that out of that portfolio many will fail cause that's how VC goes. That's not quite the same as buy everything.