As early investors of AirBNB and Dropbox, YC is fairly well known across in the financial circles and they don&#x27;t have any problem getting outside investments. In fact, I believe they have so much money coming in that they can afford all those new explorations (YC continuity, YC fellowships, YC Research, and so on).<p>To prove that they are very well known, suffice to say that the <i>French</i> news [0] spoke about them back in 2012.<p>[0] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.lemonde.fr&#x2F;economie&#x2F;article&#x2F;2012&#x2F;08&#x2F;24&#x2F;y-combinator-la-couveuse-californienne-pour-bebes-start-up_1751026_3234.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.lemonde.fr&#x2F;economie&#x2F;article&#x2F;2012&#x2F;08&#x2F;24&#x2F;y-combinat...</a>   (In French, to summarize it says YC is basically a prestigious incubator with a great portfolio).