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Re:YC company copied our product, what can we do? on Thursday September 07, 2023 @03:23PM (#37424265)
Exactly this. Sorry for not being clear enough.
Re:YC company copied our product, what can we do? on Thursday September 07, 2023 @03:20PM (#37424219)
It makes me angry because they often claim how much they support FFs and diversity. In reality, it's all BS.
Re:YC company copied our product, what can we do? on Thursday September 07, 2023 @03:19PM (#37424198)
It makes me angry because they often claim how much they support FF and diversity. In reality, it's all BS.
Re:YC company copied our product, what can we do? on Thursday September 07, 2023 @03:17PM (#37424169)
I'm not sure at this point I want to apply and talk about our company's vision and mission.
Re:YC company copied our product, what can we do? on Thursday September 07, 2023 @03:15PM (#37424135)
Yeah, said a guy who invested in them.
Re:YC company copied our product, what can we do? on Thursday September 07, 2023 @03:13PM (#37424105)
Yeah, we didn't have YC money for a website designer, unfortunately.
Re:YC company copied our product, what can we do? on Thursday September 07, 2023 @02:43PM (#37423641)
Yeah, it seriously sucks. I've been following YC for over 10 years, and this is so disappointing.
Re:YC company copied our product, what can we do? on Thursday September 07, 2023 @02:24PM (#37423368)
this is gold, thanks folks

YC company copied our product, what can we do?

Hi there, a YC company 'pivoted' into copying our product completely, even the API calls. I discovered that, noticing their employees in our Slack Community channel. As a female founder, having my app rejected by YC with this product, it just makes me angry. What can we do, apart from, of course continuing on our mission??

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Neat! I can see few use cases, where it would make sense in our case. Is it publicly available?

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Re:Y Combinator Video Call on Thursday April 13, 2017 @03:54AM (#14104999)
Same here! Please someone share they experience