> However, over the past few years, they have started attracting a certain type of founder that most people wouldn’t associate with.
I don't follow YC acceptance enough to be able to see a trend, but there's one founder in one of 2025's batches that I feel the same way about: dodgy, questionable sense of ethics, never stops to consider whether they're in the wrong or how their actions may affect others detrimentally.
Then again, that could be a trait of a potentially successful founder. Or a psychopath.
I don't follow YC acceptance enough to be able to see a trend, but there's one founder in one of 2025's batches that I feel the same way about: dodgy, questionable sense of ethics, never stops to consider whether they're in the wrong or how their actions may affect others detrimentally.
Then again, that could be a trait of a potentially successful founder. Or a psychopath.