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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1512@avipat_ the biggest clowns i've seen a while you're going to blow them out of the water (you already are)
Someone will take your idea, slap a new name on it, and act like they came up with it. Happens all the time in this space, and it's fucking annoying. The reality is, the person copying you will always be 10 steps behind because they don't have the context, hours, or understanding behind what they took. You don't need to chase them, just keep building and outwork them as you did before. Best part is that if you've built a real community around you, your people will spot the bullshit and call
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2000Serpin Taxt@serpinxbtExemplary · 2000"@0xBiZzy @kloss_xyz @avipat_ at this point I would agree it seems pretty intentional, not sure I understand the crash out part I guess because like, this is pretty normal in tech ..." · reply · ♥ 124.6K
1704youc🌹@youclideanEstablished · 1704"@avipat_ do you not understand how competition works big fella?" · reply · ♥ 01.6K
1694Gabriel M Haines@gabrielhainesEstablished · 1694"General Catalyst just co-led a $31.5 million seed round into a blatant rip-off of my company
I would typically not speak on things like this, but here is a 10 minute video explaining how this is completely unacceptable…" · quote · ♥ 17362.2K
1640katsu@katsuxbtEstablished · 1640"@avipat_ Their founders look like the type of person i wouldn’t entrust my money 😭😭😭" · reply · ♥ 06.1K
1623ProMint@promint_xEstablished · 1623"Y Combinator is no longer the stamp of approval it used to be
When you're analyzing a project, you shouldn't even care if they’re backed by YC it adds exactly zero value.
The main reason they fell from grace is that t…" · quote · ♥ 104.1K
1604danny huuep@huuepEstablished · 1604"@avipat_ Did they ask their AI bot to build them a copy?" · reply · ♥ 238.2K
1560Damien (hmu for cracked Devs)@0xdamienKnown · 1560"Bullish $KLED" · quote · ♥ 23"@Chen @avipat_ This is why avi is the goat" · reply · ♥ 030.2K
1532| ᴍᴜᴀᴢ |@muazxinthiKnown · 1532"@avipat_ Have seen this happening few times// not on with YC.. but other places too" · reply · ♥ 113.0K
1528Jonah@jonahblakeKnown · 1528"AI crypto startup mogs a copycat and this is where I think Kled found “token market fit”
Shareholder bee swarm https://t.co/wYAXw6f9ft" · quote · ♥ 8390.4K
1519Martin Shkreli@martinshkreliKnown · 1519"I don’t think you’ve seen the recent video. They think about responsibility preeeeetty carefully okay?" · quote · ♥ 693500.3K
1512Shiv@shivst3rKnown · 1512"Someone will take your idea, slap a new name on it, and act like they came up with it.
Happens all the time in this space, and it's fucking annoying.
The reality is, the person copying you will always be 10 steps behi…" · quote · ♥ 57"@avipat_ the biggest clowns i've seen a while
you're going to blow them out of the water (you already are)" · reply · ♥ 551.9K
1491Dino@blendinoKnown · 1491"My knee jerk reaction to the discourse around this was "cmon man worry about your own startup" but then I watched the video and realized how much SF is starting to look like CT.
Yet another data point of the slop probl…" · quote · ♥ 239.1K
1490Ken Wattana@kenwattanaKnown · 1490"@pmarca GC, the fund that only funds original ideas https://t.co/MpWx3ncLaj" · quote · ♥ 127.1K
1457Shiv ✍@shivfreespiritKnown · 1457"They used to steal bangers, now they stole the whole startup" · quote · ♥ 4"@avipat_ Whats Crazy is,
They stole it and still got funded., lol😂" · reply · ♥ 013.2K
1451StarPlatinum@starplatinum_Known · 1451"It’s incredible how people think stupid investment rounds only happen in crypto
wait until you see major funds investing $30M into a copied project
then they’re the same ones laughing at Justin Bieber buying a Bored A…" · quote · ♥ 6199.0K
1442Alpha co@alpha_coKnown · 1442"@avipat_ fuckkk general catalyst
riding w my guy avi
dude has users and a real product" · reply · ♥ 537.1K
1433Sage | Toru's assistant@kurorosageKnown · 1433"@avipat_ @rileybrown That sucks Avi but if you inspired them and are doing better than them that probably means you can raise more" · reply · ♥ 053.9K
1426Marc Colcer@marccolcerKnown · 1426"@avipat_ Truly insane how dumb some investors are. Keep doing your thing Avi. Talent and effort always wins out. They’re cooked" · reply · ♥ 050.6K
1420Jack@jackkkKnown · 1420"@avipat_ just watched the full video
4min mark is hilarious" · reply · ♥ 739.9K
1408zubic@zubic_ethKnown · 1408"It’s genuinely fascinating how people can go out and raise upwards of $30 million, then just do a blatant copy and paste and run with it.
Actually blows my mind. Glad this guy put them on blast and made an example out …" · quote · ♥ 3931.3K
1407klöss@kloss_xyzKnown · 1407"@serpinxbt @avipat_ “I don't see the point in complaining about it publicly…”
says the creator of a platform where it’s users review or complain about good and bad actors
someone I respect too
oh the irony here" · reply · ♥ 1172.9K
1395baoskee (is renting GPUs)@baoskeeNeutral · 1395"@avipat_ just go to competing VCs and raise a smaller focused round
you can do it i believe in you" · reply · ♥ 942.2K
1385O G@ogshootsNeutral · 1385"@avipat_ honestly they might as well give the money back and delete all their accounts after getting mogged to oblivion like this" · reply · ♥ 2442.6K
1365Suhail Kakar@suhailkakarNeutral · 1365"> random app copies an existing profitable company
> rips their website 1:1
> design, testimonials, everything
> has zero users
> raised $30 million??
ai vcs funding cheap clones is even more retarded t…" · quote · ♥ 82"@avipat_ no way, that's actually insane.
had no idea about kled before - now i'm a huge fan" · reply · ♥ 1969.4K
1356UNCLE 🏴☠️ EDDIE 🫵😹@mediagiraffesNeutral · 1356"@avipat_ Icon. Fuck them lol" · reply · ♥ 252.4K
1355OXMallam.hl 🤘🌪️@adellbahNeutral · 1355"This bro proudly geo-block Nigeria for some fraud he claimed...
Now he is complaining just because he have competitorS 🤣🤣🤣🤣 what a P@ssy move bro...." · quote · ♥ 631.6K
1345Slayed 🗡@slayed_ethNeutral · 1345"@serpinxbt @avipat_ Realest take, literally everyone has been copied who has built anything decent... we just watched euphoria get copied weekly, Loudio was copied by actual scammers (nobody cared) and every idea in cry…" · reply · ♥ 110.0K
1342Bobby from Dupe.com@ghoshalNeutral · 1342"@avipat_ @ShaanVP this is prime MFM content, get him on the pod" · reply · ♥ 216.2K
1342TruongTomato🍅@truongtomatoNeutral · 1342"@avipat_ Smart spyop marketing ngl the recent nigerian tweet and this" · reply · ♥ 03.9K
1341bizzy@0xbizzyNeutral · 1341"@serpinxbt @kloss_xyz @avipat_ See I'm not familiar with the norms in the tech world and don't know if bringing attention to them is the best move or not.." · reply · ♥ 046.0K
1337Jan@janbtcNeutral · 1337"I don’t know too much about Kled but I think it’s cool
Things like this should be called out for sure, all power to you guys" · quote · ♥ 1936.8K
1327Surf@surfaiNeutral · 1327"@avipat_ And yes if you are now wondering how $KLED token price is moving after this tweet.
Just use our website *wink wink* https://t.co/vHxXVIDYXK" · reply · ♥ 3136.9K
1323IB 💸@flyestNeutral · 1323"nobody copies a bad idea. if your thing works well someone will eventually try to jack it. your job as a founder is to prove why you're the real deal and they're not. https://t.co/j9ezbETAax" · quote · ♥ 46.7K
1322Brian@brianincryptoNeutral · 1322"Imagine if every
Perps Exchange
Wallet
DEX
Stablecoin
Chain
LST
Launchpad
Prediction Market
Neobank
made a video like this. Welcome to reality. Competition gets funded." · quote · ♥ 4211.0K
1314Max Long 🚀@maxlongedNeutral · 1314"@avipat_ There’s healthy competition then there’s what looks like an outright scam if it’s a word for word copy and paste." · reply · ♥ 014.4K
1313Rahul Sood 🏴☠️@rahulsoodNeutral · 1313"@avipat_ Damn. You know they're in trouble when comments are disabled." · reply · ♥ 030.8K
1308MIDΞ (❖,❖)@theprocessxciiNeutral · 1308"@avipat_ Lmfao this is so funny. 😂 literally copy and paste not even the color." · reply · ♥ 016.8K
1293Kit@kit_gptNeutral · 1293"@avipat_ They restricted who can reply to them now LMAO, classic" · reply · ♥ 04.0K
1292shaman@stableshamanNeutral · 1292"can you imagine anything more cucked than making a video crying that a competitor is “copying” your business?
I can’t" · quote · ♥ 7217.5K
1290ryandcrypto@ryandcryptoNeutral · 1290"@serpinxbt @avipat_ 1.1m views prob the reason for the public call out
now he can leverage the new found attention?" · reply · ♥ 3202.3K
1289John Ennis@johnennisNeutral · 1289"@avipat_ This sucks but you’re gonna win
All that money will just be an albatross around their neck, and you actually care about the problem
Agree that it’s super lame though" · reply · ♥ 412.1K
1285xaitoshi (generalist)@xaitoshi_Neutral · 1285"Bid solana:1zJX5gRnjLgmTpq5sVwkq69mNDQkCemqoasyjaPW6jm" · quote · ♥ 46.2K
1283fourfivefour™@exitiiquidityNeutral · 1283"Turns out CT doesn’t care at all about tokenomics, or VC raises, or app adoption, or novel token equity in the company or any of these valuable metrics when appraising a projects likelihood for success.…
they care abo…" · quote · ♥ 14"@serpinxbt @avipat_ Bet you $5 if someone cloned Ethos, ripped off your entire product word for word and raised $10m doing so, you’d be upset and make a post about it." · reply · ♥ 117.9K
1276Oxdave@daveyonchainNeutral · 1276"@avipat_ $31m raise from a knock off
Yeah, insane" · reply · ♥ 03.0K
1274Q@quionieNeutral · 1274"@avipat_ why would they copy everything like this, yikes" · reply · ♥ 07.4K
1267🥷Boffin (schizo/acc) // MBA, PHD, CFP, NGMI, ILY@ninjaboffinNeutral · 1267"@elchuchii @0xfoobar @avipat_ It's a joke, bossman" · reply · ♥ 16.5K
1263That's My Quant 🤖🧠@thatismyquantNeutral · 1263"@avipat_ Trenches are ruthless" · reply · ♥ 028.7K
1261prez@prezthedegenNeutral · 1261"copying a company almost to the letter is about the most cuck thing you can do
that being said avi is now in a position to do a nice hefty seed round if he chooses.
they have a better product, more users and more data…" · quote · ♥ 54"@avipat_ this is fucked
@generalcatalyst do better" · reply · ♥ 412.2K
1261Rohan Handa@0xrohandaNeutral · 1261"@avipat_ Standards have been set too low bruh.
I believe you’ve got this!" · reply · ♥ 14.4K
1260den0 ( zk/acc )@den0thicNeutral · 1260"In AI age, do not share your GitHub repositories with any hackathon or organization.
They allocate 1 million dollars in funding for 50 projects, then ask you to transparently share your idea with them.
Act accordingly." · quote · ♥ 627.3K
1255hemic@hemic_Neutral · 1255"@avipat_ bro, first time in business? just raise matching val round" · reply · ♥ 02.7K
1253Teos 🧨@teooooosNeutral · 1253"@serpinxbt @0xDamien @avipat_ After his video I can see why.
What a soft founder" · reply · ♥ 01.1K
1247ryoh 🕊️@ryohhnoNeutral · 1247"@avipat_ It is unbelievable how fucking retarded some VCs are when it comes to human data
These people have NO fucking clue what the hell they are doing" · reply · ♥ 93.3K
1244GLΞΞCH🍁@heygleechNeutral · 1244"First off, I love this gentleman (0 homo)
Now I remember Luel AI blowing up a while ago on ct saying we should sign up, then afterwards giving some tasks and not even giving anything from it
I just knew they were larp…" · quote · ♥ 0529
1242DYJ@davidyjeongNeutral · 1242"if a copycat competitor with less traction than you raised a $30M seed round, your valuation just went up by a lot. this is a huge win, not sure why he's so upset" · quote · ♥ 2014.8K
1241tristan | elfa.ai@hypetris_Neutral · 1241"My hot take is that it doesn’t matter if people copy you. They can never embody the spirit of why you do what you do and all the learnings from your trials and tribulations building this company.
I know another compan…" · quote · ♥ 43"@avipat_ tryluel’s nuked (got suspended) https://t.co/s2KTrmaOFe" · reply · ♥ 382.7K
1239Saushank.eth@saushank_Neutral · 1239"@avipat_ WTF!!! So much for diligence .. lol :) rooting for you brother. Kick ass" · reply · ♥ 27.7K
1233Gauthier | Zyfai ⬆️🇨🇭@goatv_bkNeutral · 1233"@avipat_ Give this man $100M funding." · reply · ♥ 01.8K
1226pranayy@pronoyNeutral · 1226"wtf crazy to see something like this, even with so much resources funding availability still some teams like to blatantly steal someone else’s work." · quote · ♥ 2"@avipat_ WTF! This is really bad." · reply · ♥ 01.9K
1224Nate@natan_benishNeutral · 1224"Obv it's ok to compete and even “steal” an idea.
But design branding and storytelling are very personal things
This is way too far" · quote · ♥ 44.5K
1214Jay@jaykhanNeutral · 1214"@avipat_ @RAnSacks how did they raise $31m without this being flagged 😭" · reply · ♥ 26.4K
1173Lin Zhen // CavePay@vaultomistQuestionable · 1173"@DanJablonski @avipat_ AVI LEGEND" · reply · ♥ 11.1K
1142rasmr@rasmr_ethQuestionable · 1142"Wait so this app copies Kled, has 0 users, and raises $30 million???
Meanwhile Kled got a million downloads and only needed to raise $10m???
Silicon Valley makes 0 sense, might actually be more retarded than even cryp…" · quote · ♥ 212124.0K
1119lynk@lynk0xQuestionable · 1119"imagine a YC combinator company copying someone else and raising $30M💀
this is fcked. Kled deserves more respect" · quote · ♥ 298301.7KEngagement fetched at tracking time · Ethos scores refresh on every run


























