Ask HN: Should we apply to YC, if we are a competitor of a YC Alum?

5 points by rrpadhy 12 years ago | 2 comments

Our idea is to disrupt a space, where the leader is a YC alum. Should we still apply to YC? Has anything similar happened before?

ig1 12 years ago |

Yes a number of times. Rapportive, Etacts and Xobni were all YC and competitors. YC has also funded a number of competing developer recruitment startups.

TheMakeA 12 years ago |

YC funded a startup (Double Robotics) that competed with a YC partner's co (Anybots). Just apply.