<story><title>Twilio to Acquire Sendgrid</title><url>https://www.twilio.com/press/releases/release_twilio_acquires_sendgrid</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ttul</author><text>A spam company. Not a terrible analysis. But perhaps what he missed is that the company that figures out how to send email well despite having horrible spammers as customers will make millions.</text></item><item><author>tim333</author><text>Ah, YC&amp;#x27;s one that got away - &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.quora.com&amp;#x2F;Why-was-SendGrid-rejected-from-YCombinator&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.quora.com&amp;#x2F;Why-was-SendGrid-rejected-from-YCombin...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;Apparently, only one partner, Robert Morris, reviewed the SendGrid application, and he gave it a highly negative score, calling it a &amp;quot;spam company.&amp;quot;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tlb</author><text>I think what we missed is that there would be two tiers of email senders, differentiated by price. There would be $100&amp;#x2F;MM email senders that would appeal to spammers, and $500&amp;#x2F;MM senders that would appeal to companies that manage their communications well. They’d have different delivery rates through spam filters. The bottom tier is bad for the world and a low-margin business. The top tier is OK for the world and a profitable business. SendGrid seems to have found the sweet spot.</text></comment>
<story><title>Twilio to Acquire Sendgrid</title><url>https://www.twilio.com/press/releases/release_twilio_acquires_sendgrid</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ttul</author><text>A spam company. Not a terrible analysis. But perhaps what he missed is that the company that figures out how to send email well despite having horrible spammers as customers will make millions.</text></item><item><author>tim333</author><text>Ah, YC&amp;#x27;s one that got away - &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.quora.com&amp;#x2F;Why-was-SendGrid-rejected-from-YCombinator&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.quora.com&amp;#x2F;Why-was-SendGrid-rejected-from-YCombin...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;Apparently, only one partner, Robert Morris, reviewed the SendGrid application, and he gave it a highly negative score, calling it a &amp;quot;spam company.&amp;quot;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>hannasanarion</author><text>The purpose of y-combinator is not to make tons of money, neither should that be the default purpose of a company. &amp;quot;Business ethics&amp;quot; is a thing.</text></comment>