ポール・グレアム: ツイッターへの優先アクセス権は実務上の必要がある

It's obvious why Y Combinator companies are able to gain special support from Justin.tv's founders. The lifecasting site took on Y Combinator seed funding in 2007 and has since developed into one of the web's leading online video destinations. The Twitter partnership is a different story. While it's important that Y Combinator teams have Twitter's support, the question on many people's minds is, "If Twitter is an all-important protocol, then why should one group of investors get privileged access to its data-rich firehose?"
According to Graham, "This is a practical matter. They need to be able to keep ahead of growth technically... If thousands of startups want to talk to you, then you need to have filters. Even before publishing this Request for Startups, we had a dedicated guy at Twitter who answered Y Combinator questions."