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This is only true to the extent that YC is a monopoly.

If other accelerators compete with YC, entrepreneurs may choose to do business with an accelerator that selects smaller classes.

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Are there any other accelerators that have the same cachet as Y Combinator however? The only other one I've really heard of is TechStars.

Erik Torenberg's Village Global [1] was started fairly recently and is already extremely highly regarded in the start-up community. Much more so than Techstars or any other non-YC accelerator in my impression.

[1] https://www.villageglobal.vc/ https://www.villageglobal.vc/network-catalyst/

500 Startups and AngelPad also seem fairly well-known. I'd love to hear from someone more involved in the VC community about how those two accelerators are generally regarded.

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