Ask HN: Would buying dead YC companies be possible and worth it?

Every demo day I see a few wallflowers that look like the runts of the litter. Maybe the team wouldn't take advice, didn't work hard, or fought amongst themselves.

Everyone looks at YC's success stories, but would it ever be worthwhile to acquire up a YC carcass for $1000, none of the original founding team, and buy your way in to the YC network?

(Yes, I could always apply to YC, but getting in is like getting your straight-B's nonathletic non legacy kid into Stanford: possible in theory but not even worth attempting given the odds).