YCombinator Startup School is back, baby, and literally the first field in the signup form is gender.
https://blog.ycombinator.com/announcing-startup-school-2019/ …pic.twitter.com/KrZxJSZVgl
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That's fair enough. In that light, it could be they are genuinely tracking against some sort of D&I goals which are completely subverted by a lack of explanation. 
Yeah, I suspect it is some form of accidental derp on their part. But I wish they would take more care.
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