Launch HN: Chert (YC P26) – Twilio for iMessage

Re:Launch HN: Chert (YC P26) – Twilio for iMessage by morpheuskafka on Monday May 25, 2026 @02:22PM (#48269984)

Seeing that YC will even fund something as risky as this, I'm going to go ahead and late apply. I have a feeling I shouldn't write that as the reason though ;)

Seriously though, this is wild. How is this different from those click farms with a wall of phones viewing livestreams or tapping on adds or whatever?

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Re:Launch HN: Chert (YC P26) – Twilio for iMessage by echelon on Monday May 25, 2026 @04:16PM (#48271180)

There might not be space left? I know of a few companies that have already been admitted, and they're filling slots fast.

I don't know how much they budget for overflow.

My company is at $2M run rate and I'm thinking I shouldn't bother since I missed the window.

(Dang, care to comment?)

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Re:Launch HN: Chert (YC P26) – Twilio for iMessage by morpheuskafka on Monday May 25, 2026 @07:19PM (#48273006)

I agree, even if they decide to persist with this, they need to grow into a more robust business (ex. focusing on the abandoned cart followup niche) than just being an API that can get shut down overnight.

And yeah it's definitely late, but I'll just take what you said as a push to actually bang it out today and try to fight my tendency to write and say way too much on those kind of things, haha. It's only half tech related anyway, similar problem space as Firstbase.

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