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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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Might not be the biggest Avi fan, but he’s 100% right here. Blatant 1:1 ripoffs, VCs skipping any real due diligence, and founders larping as visionaries while straight-up stealing and scamming. This toxic behavior is embarrassing for the whole ecosystem. Stop rewarding thieves. Original builders deserve better.

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kled intern@kledtardreplyretweetquoteNever seen"Avi Patel survived Ben stranglenak now he gotta fight the oracle sponsored ai slop replica of his hard work 😭" · quote · ♥ 16"@avipat_ Market always decided see you in Valhalla" · reply · ♥ 529
iBeatRayshitsUp@abbuayzareplyretweetNever seen"@mrstockman888 @avipat_ Your dad's got booted off of twitter. https://t.co/P9heHYJuNQ" · reply · ♥ 019
Boomer Dad FX@boomerdadfxreplyquoteNever seen"The copy traders have gone too far 😂" · quote · ♥ 1"@avipat_ Lovin the Jake Gyllenhaal "Enemy" (2013) energy in this thread" · reply · ♥ 0264
kd@daww1234replyquoteNever seen"my reaction to ts https://t.co/1nlzVdvBFQ" · quote · ♥ 0"@avipat_ nahhh they got nuked.. lol" · reply · ♥ 0954
Hongjian Zhou@itsemzee_replyretweetNever seen"@avipat_ is this legal?" · reply · ♥ 0537
K.R.I.S.@krisworklifereplyquoteNever seen"GOSH! This is terribly unfair and unethical. What were they thinking while doing this? Disheartening as well. This is not the future of tech in any way." · quote · ♥ 0"@avipat_ GOSH! This is terribly unfair and unethical. What were they thinking while doing this? Disheartening as well. This is not the future of tech in any way." · reply · ♥ 07
Matt Titan@matt_titan_replyquoteNever seen"How to light $31M on fire" · quote · ♥ 0"@avipat_ What a legend! This is incredible." · reply · ♥ 0864
Prashant Kulshrestha@prashaantkulsh2retweetquoteNever seen"The only solution is be careful....." · quote · ♥ 127
Sam Kriss Cluely Hit Piece Groyper@raypeatvcreplyretweetNever seen"@mrstockman888 @avipat_ Nigga u retweet porn" · reply · ♥ 332
Billy Wang@ruijianwngretweetquoteNever seen"Idk why people are saying he shouldn't be upset. He has every right to be. Imagine getting into YC and copying someone's business 1:1, then getting rewarded with $31M for it. What Luel is doing is embarrassing. Not to …" · quote · ♥ 6311
Shivam Chauhan@shivamhchauhanreplyretweetNever seen"@avipat_ This is heartbreaking" · reply · ♥ 050
Gagan Singh@singhgaganreplyquoteNever seen"And this is how, ladies and Gentlemen, we get the https://t.co/5ZeISFLiNI s of the world. 🤹🕴️" · quote · ♥ 0"@avipat_ $31 million is an abomination - is the founder a nephew or relative of the GC guy? 😂 Also, YC should stop comparing their startups with the NBA - meritocracy my ass 🫏🫏" · reply · ♥ 071
Tidianez@tidianezreplyretweetNever seen"@avipat_ Most of them are bunch of Unscrupulous who got into yc with stolen ideas and once touched the money and the idea isn’t working they start stealing from those with great ideas, products and tractions but no fund…" · reply · ♥ 0191
Fly on the wall@trackingpowellretweetquoteNever seen"This is crazy bro. So many scammers in Sillicon Valley." · quote · ♥ 0295
Vish Bhatia@vishbhatialdnretweetquoteNever seen"This is why venture capital at the top is broken. “Partners” and “Analysts” doing little to zero DD before writing cheques of this size! GC and Lightspeed LPs - stop getting fleeced by mega funds who “claim” to have…" · quote · ♥ 0147
Yigit Guney@yigggggitreplyretweetNever seen"@avipat_ We've got some companies like this in our industry too (Gov Procurement Tech) and man you articulated it so well I feel like i've had this exact crash out 10 times this week." · reply · ♥ 09
Zetsu@zz_zetsureplyquoteNever seen"Just loaded some $KLED , i hope i am on right side .🙃🤞" · quote · ♥ 18"@avipat_ @sama show your willingness to acquire @useKled 😅" · reply · ♥ 0670
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isaac@_is_isaacquoteNever seen"the dudes dont event bother change the hero section xd" · quote · ♥ 077
Skinner's Fattest Pigeon@_sfpigeonreplyNever seen"@avipat_ *buys souls to sell to government satanists *gets pwned" · reply · ♥ 075
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