Also, the continuity program page (provided info for all 3 programs) is completely gone: https://www.ycombinator.com/continuity
I haven't heard specifics about those programs but with the partners leading gone it seems difficult to imagine them continuing - fair point though, no solid news.
Also, might be wrong, but “theinformation.com” as a source is insta ban as a result of it being a “hard walled” content; hard walled meaning it’s not possible to access the content via alternative means. If you have a source that’s not blocked, feel free to provide it, otherwise just see this as promoting a source that’s ban on HN.
Here’s all the dead submissions, though you likely have to have “show dead” turned on from your profile settings:
Not really sure what you want here - the evidence of those programs being affiliated with YC has been scrubbed from the public web, do you not believe in Occam's Razor or are you waiting to find a quote delivered straight from Garry Tan's mouth on the question before you accept the likely conclusion from all evidence?
edit: either way, I don't have a second source - that article from theinformation is the only active story I've found that specifically names the partners leaving.
Here’s a comment from dang, the only official HN mod, related to “hardwalled” submissions: