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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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Founder of @useKled Avi Patel, is accusing YC-backed startup @LuelCompanyAI of blatantly copying Kled’s entire business model after the company reportedly raised a $31.5M seed round A few months ago Elisa mentioned Kled, a marketplace where users upload verified videos/photos while companies pay for specialized AI training data People are starting to get paid for their personal data to train AI systems

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