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YC took a risk with a new division and then closed it when it didn't work. That's not a "bad look" at all.

It's a bad look if it's "obviously why it didn't work"

To be clear, my grandparent post is about how the two domains are obviously different. That's not the same as "obviously wouldn't work out"

If you fail to do something hard, it’s easy to guess why; it was hard. But that doesn’t impute it was foolish to try.

These are two separate topics.

The things are obviously different. Why YC thought they might be synergic and where that went wrong is a separate question. I have no idea.

> bad look for YC

I guess don't apply to them for seed funding for your next big idea if you don't like the way it makes them look.

I wouldn't! They take too much of an ownership %.