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How has this not yet been deployed by a startup to unseat three-quarter billion market cap Matterport?

• fudged71 4y ago
  Luma Labs seems to be doing very well, they just raised some big funding
  • nobbis 4y ago
    And Matterport will never see them coming, as their employees are banned from using Luma: Competitors: No employee, independent contractor, agent, or affiliate of any competing 3-D capture company is permitted to view, access, or use any portion of the Service without express written permission from Luma AI. By viewing, using, or accessing the Service, you represent and warrant that you are not a competitor of Luma AI or any of its affiliates, or acting on behalf of a competitor of Luma AI in using or accessing the Service. https://lumalabs.ai/legal/tos https://lumalabs.ai/legal/tos (Disclaimer: another banned competitor)
    • mepian 4y ago
      Is this even legal?
      • nobbis 4y ago
        IANAL but I assume so. "Employee of a competing company" (whatever that means) isn't a protected class.
    • pierrebai 4y ago
      IANAL, but this seems easily circumvented by setting up an independent entity. (It's not an affiliate if it's not owned by the competitor.)