I read this excellent answer on Quora by Harjeet Tagar on whether or not YC would fund a startup that competes with one of its portfolio companies: <a href="https://www.quora.com/Y-Combinator/Is-it-worth-applying-to-YC-if-YC-has-already-funded-a-startup-that-has-a-similar-vision-i-e-a-competitor" rel="nofollow">https://www.quora.com/Y-Combinator/Is-it-worth-applying-to-Y...</a><p>Curious if people here would still apply if they knew a competitor was accepted in a previous batch.
When and why did the funding of companies decreased significantly? Last year it was sill 80k. I assume this $10k is enough to survive for 3 months and after that if the outcome is positive, a next serious round will be introduced.<p><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/08/y-combinator-opens-new-class-as-average-funding-amount-raised-grows-to-3-18m-around-1-5b-total/" rel="nofollow">http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/08/y-combinator-opens-new-clas...</a>
What was the age of oldest person you accepted as founder? What is the preferred age group?<p>Do you accept husband-wife as founding team? Have you accepted any such teams in the past?<p>What if the founders don't need money? They only want to be part of the program for experience, expertise, and networking?