Ask HN: Would buying dead YC companies be possible and worth it?
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You would be better served spending that time and money building your own project and applying to YC.
For 1000 dollars you are unlikely to get the assets / IP unless the company has a lot of debt
Eh, lots of projects are otherwise abandoned.
Only one way to find out.
Yeah, make an offer for every dead company, and let’s see
Everyone looks at YC's success stories, but would it ever be worthwhile to acquire up a YC carcass for $1000, none of the original founding team, and buy your way in to the YC network?
(Yes, I could always apply to YC, but getting in is like getting your straight-B's nonathletic non legacy kid into Stanford: possible in theory but not even worth attempting given the odds).