[d_burfoot]

I am cheering for you guys, but.... I fear YC is moving way out of its center of competence. Startup mantras like "build something people want" and "move fast and break things" are probably wildly inappropriate for the biotech world. Even the setup of the the YC course, where you hack intensely for three months and then present something cool at Demo Day, seems totally misconfigured for doing bio research.

[snowmaker]

Yes, life sciences is very different. We've been funding life sciences companies for several years now, so we've learned how to adapt our advice. We've also made tweaks to the YC batch cycle to fit companies with longer development cycles.

It's still not perfect, though, so the things we're trying in this experiment, like providing lab space for companies, are the next step.