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Ask HN: Should we apply to YC, if we are a competitor of a YC Alum?
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rrpadhy
12y ago
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Our idea is to disrupt a space, where the leader is a YC alum. Should we still apply to YC? Has anything similar happened before?
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ig1
12y ago
Yes a number of times. Rapportive, Etacts and Xobni were all YC and competitors. YC has also funded a number of competing developer recruitment startups.
TheMakeA
12y ago
YC funded a startup (Double Robotics) that competed with a YC partner's co (Anybots). Just apply.
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