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The YC network effect is the secret sauce. Most YC companies would not even be able to bootstrap if it wasn't for YC alums like AirBnB.

Definitely. For an organization that spent a decade teaching startup the importance of building moats, it's no surprise that they've built their own.

If they hadn't built such a moat it would surely be irony but wouldn't have unusual to do what they preach