Y Combinator to court: Google’s search empire is a ‘monopoly by cheque book, not …’

Startup accelerator Y Combinator (YC) has labeled Google a “monopolist” that has “stunted” the US startup ecosystem in an amicus brief filed May 9 in the government’s ongoing antitrust case against the search giant.

YC charged that Google has “chilled independent firms like YC from funding and accelerating innovative startups that could otherwise have challenged Google’s dominance,” creating what it calls a “kill zone” that deters venture capital investment in potential Google competitors.