At 1.5% ownership, YC has no say over the direction of the company (other than through the influence they have from being well-known and respected in the startup space).  The conflict arises when your VCs sit on, or even control, your board.  Then you, as the Founder&#x2F;CEO, can be forced by your board in directions that you don&#x27;t want to go.  That situation simply does not exist here, with YC taking such a low ownership stake.  Nor does it exist in the normal YC program, since again, they do not take board seats with their 7% stake.