Comment by kristoff_it
3 days ago
I have received over the years so much spam of this kind by multiple YC-funded companies that I now reflexively send to spam any email that mentions being YC-funded, regardless of how legitimate the email is.
3 days ago
I have received over the years so much spam of this kind by multiple YC-funded companies that I now reflexively send to spam any email that mentions being YC-funded, regardless of how legitimate the email is.
Same here, having YC attached to your name is not the flex you think it is, its even the opposite for me
Their brand has been associated with hacking-around and gaining advantage via rule breaking for a while. Didn't their founder application at one point ask "Tell us about a time where you hacked some system for your advantage?" At this point, I think everyone knows they're signing up for dark patterns and questionable practices when they get involved.
It still does.
> Please tell us about a time you most successfully hacked some (non-computer) system to your advantage:
I suspect it can be an excellent barometer of someone's:
- alignment in terms of pro-social vs. anti-social
- decision making under desperation
- "social filter": threading the line between 'interesting'/'compelling' vs. 'off-putting'/'concerning'
which are important signals for evaluating potential future C-suite executives.
Their brand has been associated with hacking-around and gaining advantage via rule breaking for a while.
Yup, this type of behavior is pretty much as I would expect and it's something I've seen since I first started posting here.
I don't blame you, the FOMO is real to the point even basic ChatGPT wrappers are getting funded these days, I guess.
I'm always interested to understand - what constitutes a basic ChatGPT wrapper? Is Legora, which is doing very well, a basic ChatGPT wrapper? Because if you don't view it as one, it certainly started as one.