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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_ For those reading this the more accurate thing to say is "Twitch built the version of my company I wanted to build but couldn't convince investors was a good idea". They built what I outlined in late 2005 (partially inspired by a Star Trek streaming site and my ire for Viacom) and began building in 2006, and then pitched to investors from 2007 to 2010 (I also once tried to convince Michael Irvin to invest but lost my nerve). Whether they knocked us off knowingly or the Cruze guy just

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