Is YC better than other incubators, percentage wise?
a) Almost all of the other incubators are just awful. Either they are predatory, ineptly managed or simply not well capitalised enough to offer a competitive product.
b) YC is able to rest on its laurels i.e. they can/do market how well AirBnb, Stripe etc have done. And so their funnel of talent is by far the best.
c) That said, YC is the worst I've ever seen it. And Garry Tan is mostly to blame although it's been trending downwards for a while. It's now as if Jake Paul ran an incubator: very hype driven, cynical, focused on easily exploitable young 20s males.
Started with Sam now with Garry Tan it is really going in the gutter.
And if you look at the partner YouTube videos you see why. There is a concerning lack of diversity in how they see the world i.e. they are all very much the e/acc types.
[1] https://www.walturn.com/insights/in-depth-analysis-trends-in...
If I was betting on technology right now, I would bet on SF-in person teams with young founders and a focus on AI. Sounds like the perfect target.
I have an issue with the way they continue to market themselves as being altruistic and a defender of startup founders everywhere rather than your run of the mill predatory, self-interested SF VC.