Y Combinator, one of the most fertile startup accelerators in the world, sent a letter on Wednesday in which he calls the administration of Trump to open the European Act on digital markets (DMA), extensive regulations that are aimed at opening Big Tech market force.
DMA designates six technology firms as “guards” on the Internet – Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Bytedance, Meta and Microsoft – and limits these technologies Queen from engaging in anti -competitive tactics on their platforms, in favor of interoperability. The law applied in May 2023 and had a great impact on American technology firms.
In a letter to the White House Posted to X According to the Head of Public Policy YC, Luther Lowe, the Accelerator of Startups argued that DMA shouldn’t be thrown with other European technical regulations, which American officials often criticize as excessive.
Instead, YC claims in a letter that the spirit of Europe is consistent with promoting values - and not making American innovations difficult.
“[W]With respect, call the White House to re -calibrate your attitude towards digital European regulation, drawing a clear border between means that hinder innovation and those that support it, “says the YC letter, which was also signed by startups supported by YC, independent technology firms and business associations.
It is not completely surprising that YC will come out in the clear support of DMA. Finally, the accelerator sells as a master of “Little Tech”-an American technological startup ecosystem.
YC claims in a letter that DMA opens key possibilities to create opportunities for American startups in AI, Search and Consumer applications, and prevents large technology firms to detect smaller projects.
In particular, YC in the letter indicates that Apple delays its version of Siri with LLM power supply by 2027, many years after competitors have launched AI generative voice assistants. YC claims that this is a lack of competitive pressure, noting that external programmers of AI voice assistants are unable to integrate their services with Apple operating systems
YC can undertake a large technology for reported anti -competitive behavior and shoot at firms corresponding to Apple, which, he claims, harms the startup ecosystem supported by a supported undertaking. But YC and other allegedly small VC, which have adapted to technology, turn out to be quite influential in Washington.
Andreessen Horowitz (A16Z), who published a “small technology program” last 12 months, spends tens of millions of dollars, trying to influence political battles at federal and local level. According to the data with Open secretsThe A16Z contribution during the American election cycle in 2024 was $ 89 million. Yc, still a smaller player in American policy, he brought about $ 2 million.
It is less clear how Trump’s administration will react to DMA in the long term – and YC support.
President Trump signaled in January that he would do it Protect American technology firms against overzealous European regulatory bodies. However, Trump also has Historically, they were difficult in large technology firms Like Apple, Google and Meta.
During Paris AI Action Summit in February, the vice chairman of JD Vance criticized several EU regulations against technology firms, including the Act on digital services and a general regulation on data protection. However, Vance didn’t mention DMA, who is more narrowly attacking the practices of the anti -competitive technology industry.
Lowe told Techcrunch last 12 months during the Strictlyvc event that DMA “is not perfect, but at least they stab how we limit the most glaring forms of writing by these large companies.”
Lowe didn’t answer immediately at Techcrunch’s request for comment.