Yes, this has been more and more the trend. YC has slowly moved from adding people with deep technical skills, to adding people with finance backgrounds and deep ties in that community.

It is inevitable, I suppose. When you start a VC firm, for many of the people you chose to join you end up being capitalists instead of technologists.

And don't get me wrong, they sound like they're adding the best of the best and really amazing people in their fields. It sounds like these people are probably all really quite smart and amazing.

But these people aren't hackers, they don't sound like one of us and their field isn't this one.

It'll be interesting to see what happens to YC in the long term. I'm increasingly pessimistic. But it's not my portfolio, so it thankfully doesn't effect me in the least. :)