[dkarapetyan]

The YC network effect is the secret sauce. Most YC companies would not even be able to bootstrap if it wasn't for YC alums like AirBnB.

[tstyle]

Definitely. For an organization that spent a decade teaching startup the importance of building moats, it's no surprise that they've built their own.

[thecrazyone]

If they hadn't built such a moat it would surely be irony but wouldn't have unusual to do what they preach