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If that's the standard, basically everything that comes out of ycombinator is a scam.

>>alexb_+(OP)
That's not entirely true, Arc is pretty good.

>>alexb_+(OP)
On the contrary, a typical startup is more of a scam on the users. The investors go in knowingly and willingly - this is literally how they make money. It's the users that get shorted once the startup suddenly gets acquired or otherwise "exists" - and if they do it through an IPO, then it's additionally the public that gets scammed.

>>alexb_+(OP)
Ostensibly ycombinator is investing in the founders, not the business, right?

>>TeMPOr+av
A "typical startup" loses unfathomably large amounts of money.