Sounds more like a cattle auction than a place where partnerships are formed to deliver meaningful value to consumers.
The more efficient the capital allocation is, the greater the benefit to the whole market.
The only weirdness is that these are companies led by founders with "personalities". That's a weird variable to correct for.
Collectively we are water, filling all the cracks. Marbles, exploring all the slopes and curves. The fitness gradients of the universe are all in front of us. Follow the ones that make sense and that pull at you. We're all programmed differently enough that the whole space is being sampled, even in the weird places, the well-worn yet unweildy paths, and the completely non obvious domains.
The algorithm focuses energy when certainty crystalizes.
I do have one question though-- how many YC25 companies have more than $1 million in revenue?