
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_ Hahaha we faced different copycats announcing features that we were about to kill 🤣. They are not going to make it.
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A copycat startup is like a chef who memorized Gordon Ramsay’s recipe but never tasted the dish.
They get the ingredients right.
They get the steps right.
They even plate it the same way.
And then they wonder why the restaurant is empty.
The recipe was never the secret.
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