Paxel
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A YC-associated application and code-analysis platform used in Startup School submissions.
Why it's here
Placed in Assess: 1 article(s) of evidence from 1 source(s), led by security coverage, with 1 in the last 30 days. Confidence 24%. Low accumulated evidence, so it defaults conservatively pending more signal.
Evidence (1)
- 7Hacker News·7/24/2026securityHacker says YC Startup School scoring flaw was exploitable
A Hacker News post claims Y Combinator’s Startup School application flow used Paxel to collect and rank founder submissions, and that a flaw allowed forged scores to be pushed into its ranking database. The author says the issue was disclosed privately first and then publicly, after which YC reportedly patched it and invited them to Startup School.