Is the venture ecosystem too insular?
20 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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A speaker from Precursor Ventures questions whether Y Combinator (YC) is becoming insular—favoring people already in the YC ecosystem (former founders or employees) and thereby missing communities who could benefit from YC's learning experience. The speaker notes YC has responded to criticism by reducing batch sizes and moving to year-round operations, and praises YC's tendency to continuously adapt.










