← Back to context Comment by bomewish 1 hour ago Why would yc fund them given how obvious the risk is ? Esp since a Mac mini farm is capital intense. 2 comments bomewish Reply mynameisvlad 28 minutes ago YC is not some end all be all arbiter of what will succeed. Plenty of YC startups have failed.https://ycgraveyard.iamwillwang.com/https://startups.rip/ echelon 32 minutes ago This is a "Launch HN" / "YC P26" thread, so YC funded them.If YC didn't fund this particular idea, they funded the team to pursue some earlier idea that the team then pivoted from to try this one.In any case, the team needs to pivot. This idea is lighting cash (and time) on fire.
mynameisvlad 28 minutes ago YC is not some end all be all arbiter of what will succeed. Plenty of YC startups have failed.https://ycgraveyard.iamwillwang.com/https://startups.rip/
echelon 32 minutes ago This is a "Launch HN" / "YC P26" thread, so YC funded them.If YC didn't fund this particular idea, they funded the team to pursue some earlier idea that the team then pivoted from to try this one.In any case, the team needs to pivot. This idea is lighting cash (and time) on fire.
YC is not some end all be all arbiter of what will succeed. Plenty of YC startups have failed.
https://ycgraveyard.iamwillwang.com/
https://startups.rip/
This is a "Launch HN" / "YC P26" thread, so YC funded them.
If YC didn't fund this particular idea, they funded the team to pursue some earlier idea that the team then pivoted from to try this one.
In any case, the team needs to pivot. This idea is lighting cash (and time) on fire.