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Avi Patel@avipat_ · May 15, 2026, 8:25 PM
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General Catalyst just co-led a $31.5 million seed round into a blatant rip-off of my company, Kled. (skip to 40 seconds if you want to skip context) I would typically not speak on things like this, but this level of blatant copycatting is egregious and completely unacceptable, and needs to be made an example of. This is one of hundreds of YC startups who have conducted this disgusting behavior. Unimaginative slop that continues to get rewarded due to nepotism.

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i genuinely think this will continue to happen in AI so the true moat is how fast you go to market, giving your customer the ultimate experience (in their case, giving their customer the best quality of data) and making those their contractors/freelance are being paid on time, giving their best work..

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