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> Meanwhile, YC has happily and excitedly fed it's start-ups to Google over the years.

I'm curious what you've seen or heard that led you to that conclusion? It's the opposite of correct.

YC supports what founders want, including if they want to sell to $BigCo, but such outcomes are hardly successes for YC. YC's success depends on outlier companies growing much larger than that.



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