Daniel Gross of Apple leaves to become Y Combinator’s newest partner
There does seem to be something interesting about how less successful* YC alumni now seem to be becoming partners. And, of course, Sam Altman himself is the ultimate case of this.<p>And, on the one hand, it certainly makes sense. All of these people have been through the YC process and used it to achieve a measure of success. Also, the Drew Houston&#x27;s of the world are generally available to be partners precisely because of their success (they have companies to run, after all).<p>On the other hand, it can seem a little incestuous, and that&#x27;s certainly something to guard against given the nature of tech in general. Too often it seems like organizations become victims of their own success precisely through this sort of &quot;inbreeding&quot;.<p>*: &quot;less successful&quot; meant very charitably as they&#x27;re only less successful when compared to i.e. Dropbox and are certainly more successful than most YC founders, let alone all founders.