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Over years, I have met a lot of founders, many of whom shared challenges they personally faced, many of whom it was heartbreaking knowing there was little to be done to help them.

On same note, having seen similar YC batch and alumni situations play out on HN before, I hope it’s obvious that YC is neither qualified to sort out mental health challenges founders face, nor should they attempt to do so in my opinion. YC to my knowledge doesn’t place limits on the use of its investments in founders —and if a founder felt they needed to step back, pause, or use a fraction of the funds to get professional help, I would be very surprised if the group partners were not supportive of that. Further, given the sensitivity of the topic, I personally don’t feel YC officially commenting would help anyone, and very possible might even be a breach of law depending of the specifics of the situation.

For anyone passionate about startups, as former YC founder & former YC partner Daniel Gross said in a startup school presentation, your health is critical to winning at startups:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=LH1bewTg-P4

For anyone curious about Agora, their Wefunder page has a lot of information:

https://wefunder.com/agora