Y Combinator is being criticized after it backed an AI startup that admits it basically cloned another AI startup | TechCrunch
Y Combinator is being criticized after it backed an AI startup that admits it basically cloned another AI startup | TechCrunch
techcrunch.com Y Combinator is being criticized after it backed an AI startup that admits it basically cloned another AI startup | TechCrunch
A Y Combinator startup named PearAI launched with a tweet thread and YouTube video on Saturday and caused an immediate backlash.

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The license stuff is whatever, but Imagine seeing this sort of sloppiness in the revision history and thinking "Yeah these guys seem legit let's give them a million dollars!" We are in such a bubble.
That's amazing. Do you think they crtl-f'd the name changes or ChatGPT'd them?
founder mode, mate
I endorse this usage, and am now 100% in favour of popularising "founder mode" as a term if we do this
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