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Looks like the company in question is Rehook.ai https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/rehook-ai https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/rehook-ai

by danr4 3y ago

stuartjohnson12 3y ago
I daresay the copy looks much more appealing than the original. A tale as old as time.
- jacquesm 3y ago
  So that makes it right? Depending on what they copied it can be anywhere from 'meh' to 'guilty'. What it looks like isn't relevant other than in the context of whether or not it is their original work or not.
- ewe 3y ago
  Yeah, we didn't have YC money for a website designer, unfortunately.
  - gwbas1c 3y ago
    > YC money Last time I looked, YC doesn't invest much in the companies it accepts. But I want to focus on the overall tone that you've taken in this discussion: You're playing the victim. It's hurting your credibility. I assume that you applied to other incubators? That you've tried to pitch other venture capitalists and other sources of funding? Why aren't you getting what you're looking for? Don't assume it's because everyone is sexist! Be honest with yourself!
  - stuartjohnson12 3y ago
    Honestly, just moving to a webflow template would likely do you a world of good for $100 or so
danenania 3y ago
I'm inclined to be sympathetic to the OP, but looking at both products side-by-side, including their API docs, they just seem like two similar but not identical products in the promotions space. https://vouchery.io https://vouchery.io https://rehook.ai https://rehook.ai The APIs look fairly different to me from a brief look through the docs. Apart from both using some resource names like 'Campaigns' and 'Customers' that you'd expect any platform in this space to use, most of the actual endpoints seem to be quite different. Same with the overall set of features. There are some features in common, but also features on both sides that aren't shared. Website design and copy is totally different. It seems like OP is unhappy that a competitor is funded by YC and did competitive research in their public community Slack channel. I get that, but I see no evidence that anything was directly copied. It doesn't seem fair to tarnish the reputation of Rehook's founders without evidence to back it up. It's not wrong or illegal to build a competitor to an existing product.

Looks like the company in question is Rehook.ai https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/rehook-ai https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/rehook-ai

by danr4 3y ago

Looks like the company in question is Rehook.ai https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/rehook-ai https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/rehook-ai

stuartjohnson12 3y ago

I daresay the copy looks much more appealing than the original. A tale as old as time.

jacquesm 3y ago
So that makes it right? Depending on what they copied it can be anywhere from 'meh' to 'guilty'. What it looks like isn't relevant other than in the context of whether or not it is their original work or not.
ewe 3y ago
Yeah, we didn't have YC money for a website designer, unfortunately.
- gwbas1c 3y ago
  > YC money Last time I looked, YC doesn't invest much in the companies it accepts. But I want to focus on the overall tone that you've taken in this discussion: You're playing the victim. It's hurting your credibility. I assume that you applied to other incubators? That you've tried to pitch other venture capitalists and other sources of funding? Why aren't you getting what you're looking for? Don't assume it's because everyone is sexist! Be honest with yourself!
- stuartjohnson12 3y ago
  Honestly, just moving to a webflow template would likely do you a world of good for $100 or so

danenania 3y ago

I'm inclined to be sympathetic to the OP, but looking at both products side-by-side, including their API docs, they just seem like two similar but not identical products in the promotions space. https://vouchery.io https://vouchery.io https://rehook.ai https://rehook.ai The APIs look fairly different to me from a brief look through the docs. Apart from both using some resource names like 'Campaigns' and 'Customers' that you'd expect any platform in this space to use, most of the actual endpoints seem to be quite different. Same with the overall set of features. There are some features in common, but also features on both sides that aren't shared. Website design and copy is totally different. It seems like OP is unhappy that a competitor is funded by YC and did competitive research in their public community Slack channel. I get that, but I see no evidence that anything was directly copied. It doesn't seem fair to tarnish the reputation of Rehook's founders without evidence to back it up. It's not wrong or illegal to build a competitor to an existing product.