"Long time listener, first time caller", as they used to say in talk radio. [This is my first post; please be gentle... :-) ]
At least two reasons my apply.ycombinator.com submission will likely forever remain in "Save for Later" mode...
1) Founder's Personal Work and Education Histories: are both (a) highly-structured, and (b) can't auto-link/-copy from LinkedIn.... Like most prospective employers' "lazy" external-facing HRIS'. [Aside: Why can't Workday at least link to/ copy from LinkedIn for job app completion already?!] I'm already spending umpteen hours on-end doing this for all the prospective employers offering jobs I'd prefer to not need to take... And thus I was "spent" when I entered this form. Alternatively... Why can't I just attach my resume?
2) 1 min video, with audio, required. Feel free to label me "shy"/ "tin foil hat"/ have a paranoid threat profile/ etc.... But I'm just not comfortable voluntarily submitting recorded audio/ video of myself for "pre-short-listed" "one-off" use cases such as this. As an HN post from earlier today illustrates... M$FT (and, presumably "et al") can now make a deep fake of me with just one still image and less audio than YC is requesting. Why do I want to help them along? ;-) [Yes, Zoom et al likely has many hours of recorded video of me, because prior employers... And said employers likely signed away my audiovisual likeness without my (explicit) consent because "AI training", etc... And I've had to consent to recorded interviews for job opp'ties (but at least those were post-short-listing)... But I prefer to remain in denial about all that. :-) I've never claimed to be either rational or consistent... ;-) ]
And no, my idea(s) aren't Bookface/ Instagrim/ ClosedAI -caliber, so... No biggie, I guess. shrugs