Alums reading applications are asked to skip applications that are potential competitors. Of course, that doesn&#x27;t preclude that other company from seeing the application and recognizing the name.<p>I&#x27;m surprised and disappointed that a YC company would discourage another group from applying that wants to, however. That&#x27;s very much not in line with the YC culture I&#x27;m familiar with; but, there are a whole lot of YC companies now, so I guess there&#x27;s all kinds.<p>This sounds like pretty shitty behavior, though.