<i>I don&#x27;t see any reason that Tarsnap fits in YC besides &quot;community&quot;</i><p>Yes, that&#x27;s exactly it.<p><i>and even then it would be more of an outlier than a peer.</i><p>I&#x27;m not so sure about that.  OK, in a financial sense sure; but I know there are lots of YC companies doing technically cool things.  It&#x27;s not all rapidly-growing social networks for cats. ;-)