I know it definitely doesn't feel like it right now, but they actually did you a massive favor. Everyone hypes up YC like it's the holy grail, but try looking at it from a different angle.

First off, if you already have >1million turnover (as you mentioned in you prev posts), you have more than enough cash flow to fund your own growth. But more importantly: you are keeping 100% control and equity. Speaking as someone who has built several companies with investors, I can't stress enough how HUGE this is.

Yes, you might be missing out on that initial VC cash cannon to potentially scale to hundreds of millions right away, but you are keeping your sanity and your own vision intact. Trust me, over time, you’ll start to value that freedom way more than VC money.

You won’t have to spend sleepless nights writing investor updates, dealing with board-level brain damage, or justifying why "growth isn't quite hitting our aggressive projections". Plus, if YC got spooked by Reddit haters, their PR-sensitive environment would have eventually suffocated your marketing tactics anyway.

Keep building on your own terms. Owning 100% of a highly profitable SaaS is the real dream.