[anotherfounder]

The SAAS thing is real. In my own broader network, I've seen so many interesting new consumer companies not even get an interview but SAAS companies of all stripes not have a problem getting an interview. It also heavily correlates with FAANG/Stanford phenomena which then leads to a mostly white male batch.

There are so many reasons why all this is, including the fact, these applications heavily bias towards 'solving a big problem that the interviewer CAN grep', and so many of those readers and interviewers are themselves from SAAS backgrounds.

Anecdotally, within female founders, it is quite understood that if you are a female founder with a consumer startup, good luck getting an interview whereas if you are FANG employee with event hint of an idea, you get an interview!

[a13n]

I would guess that if you are a founder with a consumer startup, good luck getting an interview!

I think this makes sense too – YC is in the business of picking will-be billion dollar companies. The number of consumer startups that make it this far is probably significantly lower, percentage-wise, than B2B SaaS companies.