[pseudolus]

Apparently the median age at which founders start "billion dollar businesses" is 34 [0] (the same article references a HBR study that says that mentions an age of 45 for "successful" entrepreneurs). That would also generally correlate to an age where one's peers have ongoing obligations (financial, family).

[0] https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/27/super-founders-median-age-of...

[Barrin92]

that's entirely circular reasoning because if there was a bias against older founders, then by definition successful founders skew younger.

[cudgy]

Only circular if the stats are only from within the YC ecosystem, but I believe the stats mentioned are across the entire startup ecosystem. If true, it would actually support the argument that YC does discriminate for reasons that are not supported by the evidence outside of their ecosystem. If 45 year olds represent the most successful entrepreneurs, why are they targeting inexperienced 22 year olds?