Quoted as 24 vs 30 in 2022 from one of the partners here: https://www.businessinsider.com/yc-founders-younger-under-mo...

Didn’t we just have a front page article about the average founder age increasing well beyond 30 this year? Is it a non-normal distribution or what?

Tunguz shows early 40s as the median

https://tomtunguz.com/founder-age-median-trend/

YC trends younger given what they’re looking for

Lots of explanations with power here:

- There's a hard edge to the distribution that isn't far from 24 (I'd expect relatively few sub-18-year-old YC founders, but more 31+-year-olds)

- Older founders (with more experience, larger networks and less life flexibility) aren't a good fit for incubators.