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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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@avipat_ i dont know how this kind of things get passed thru due diligence. if everything is copied, then what vcs are betting on? - founders ability to prompt claude in making the replica? few days back, i read on x that yc rejected a company that had vibe coded product and then later they themselves built the same vibe coded product with their own founders.

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