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How can YC be pressured? They sure don't have an LP problem. In terms of hiring for YC itself, it's already quite diverse.

The only thing YC really needs to care about is 1) getting the best possible startups to apply and then 2) for those companies to be successful.

#2 is pretty much immune to pressure-on-YC; YC has no control of YC startups, with only 2-10% common equity. #1 is explicitly the thing they are working on, so it seems unlikely "we will pressure you to accept more female founders if you don't accept more female founders by convincing female founders not to apply" would be a realistic threat.