Y Combinator's funding strategy has raised questions about its support for startups duplicating existing ideas, with data showing a history of backing similar products in areas like AI code editors and restaurant point-of-sale systems. The trend has sparked debate among founders, with some viewing competition as beneficial and others seeing it as detrimental.

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/22/y-combinator-often-backs-startups-that-duplicate-other-yc-companies-data-shows-its-not-just-ai-code-editors/