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My impression is that YC weights the founders more heavily than the idea.

For example, Justin Kan's initial idea for JustinTV was strapping cameras to himself and streaming over the internet. I think YC bet on this because they thought the founding team might be able to make that happen despite the technical hurdles and ramen funding.

My advice is to optimize for your users, not for your YC application. It's not a college application and there is not a set of right answers that gets you in. YC bets on execution. Good luck.