[hnriot]

what a stupid ask. why wouldn't a vc do this? Isn't this something that would be a big part of the iterative application process. I doubt the process has remained unchanged over the years. As new feature vectors of success are identified it would be a very inept investor who didn't consider how to integrate that back into their process. And PG is not an inept investor.

[phaus]

There really isn't any need for such hostility, especially since you are wrong. OP wanted to know if YC searched through applications looking for rejects that ended up being successful. That's a very specific question.

PG says that's not how it works. I guess you think the way YC works is stupid.