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Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan launches dark-money group to influence California politics (missionlocal.org)
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Tan, the CEO of the vaunted startup incubator Y Combinator, announced Wednesday he had spun up a dark-money group called “Garry’s List” that he described as a “voter education group” that is “dedicated to civic engagement, voter education and support for common-sense policies and candidates” in a press release. Such groups give donors a way to anonymously support causes without giving directly to a candidate or a measure.

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[–] TBi@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

I feel out of touch. I have no idea what ycombinator is. I’ve always thought it was just a spam website and ignored it!

[–] plyth@feddit.org 1 points 5 hours ago

They were early investors into Reddit.

[–] JTode@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

I also didn't know what it was when I discovered their forum, which is a combination of kool-aid addled VCbrains and tech geeks having normal, informed conversations about tech stuff. I was hanging out there for a while, until I realized.