Assuming you get in, you can ask this question from the YC team. If you don&#x27;t get in, I don&#x27;t think YC will tell this company that you applied and didn&#x27;t get in, so there&#x27;s no tie-cutting.<p>Edit: nostrademons makes a good point, but the chance of the specific YC alum that is running this big company also being the one that reads your application seems pretty small to me.