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>Depositors have a reasonable expectation that when they choose a bank (especially a publicly traded bank that is regulated) that their deposits are safe.

Respectfully, no sophisticated entity should ever expect their deposits to be safe beyond their insured limits. That is why businesses purchase insurance on their excess deposits, and/or use other financial products to ensure they have no excess deposits.

Frankly, YC failed to advise its companies in rudimentary financial risk management. Holding millions of dollars in a single bank account and taking no measures to mitigate the obvious, enormous, (and yes, unlikely) risk of bank failure is mind-boggling.