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Y Combinator is being criticized after it backed an AI startup that admits it basically cloned another AI startup | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

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[–] sailor_sega_saturn@awful.systems 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] slopjockey@awful.systems 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

That's amazing. Do you think they crtl-f'd the name changes or ChatGPT'd them?

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

founder mode, mate

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 7 points 2 months ago

I endorse this usage, and am now 100% in favour of popularising "founder mode" as a term if we do this