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Y Combinator partners have been saying for a while now that accelerators were a bubble. I see what they mean now.


Sure, but its also in their interest to push that narrative. Doesnt mean its wrong, just that its not as simple as a neutral observer. That and when ever any prediction is right, there are always tons of people that predicted it as a result of just large numbers. I think they wohld rather just convince investors that their program is the only quality accel. around. If they can, it means more funding for their investments and less for their competitors...


Speaking of which, I wonder what this artcile means when they say "early stage".

Do $200k "angel rounds" count the same as $5M Seed rounds involving actual tier 1 or 2 VCs?


I feel like a lot of it includes angels who instead chose to buy Bitcoin.


Early in this case means before Series A.




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