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Comment by simgt

8 hours ago

Interesting how all the examples at the top are in the form of "It started here, now it's worth $xB". At least we've stopped pretending it was for anything else but money, and the power that comes with it.

Was there ever pretending? It was always face value from "seed" to "rounds" to "exit" - all words describing money movement.

Vulture culture: always was, always will be.

At least we got some decent side discussions in the small spaces during the interim

In my memory, the original vibe of Ycombinator was more like "achieve fuck-you money in your twenties" than today's unicorn chase.