The Silicon Valley firm, Y Combinator, announced this week that it is getting into the business of funding social science research, starting with a call for proposals to examine the effects of a guaranteed basic income. Y Combinator prepares would-be start-ups (mostly in IT) so that they can improve their chances of securing bigger funds from venture capital and angel investors. As Wired once put it, Y Combinator support is an incredibly valuable “geek version of the Good Housekeeping Seal.”
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