[prickledpear]

This is only true to the extent that YC is a monopoly.

If other accelerators compete with YC, entrepreneurs may choose to do business with an accelerator that selects smaller classes.

[alexpetralia]

Are there any other accelerators that have the same cachet as Y Combinator however? The only other one I've really heard of is TechStars.

[capocannoniere]

Erik Torenberg's Village Global [1] was started fairly recently and is already extremely highly regarded in the start-up community. Much more so than Techstars or any other non-YC accelerator in my impression.

[1] https://www.villageglobal.vc/ https://www.villageglobal.vc/network-catalyst/

[rococode]

500 Startups and AngelPad also seem fairly well-known. I'd love to hear from someone more involved in the VC community about how those two accelerators are generally regarded.