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Credit to Garry for unequivocally apologizing and shouting out https://amplified.dev https://amplified.dev . The whole PearAI situation was a bad look, and it m
by jazzypants 2y ago
Credit to Garry for unequivocally apologizing and shouting out https://amplified.dev https://amplified.dev . The whole PearAI situation was a bad look, and it made it seem like YC had not done their appropriate research before investing.
I doubt this really did permanent damage to their reputation (I don't know if anything can at this point), but this move was definitely necessary to placate anyone who was paying attention.
- yunohn 2y agoBut this post doesn’t provide any details about Pear.AI outside of them scrapping their stolen code, which is all they had?
- groby_b 2y ago"Credit to Garry" is a funny thing to take away from this. He is ultimately the person responsible for setting up an environment that got them funding in the first place, and he's the one responsible for defending them without checking the facts. It's good he finally apologized, but let's also be clear that's the minimum bar when you mess up so hard. Of course, if you think this was just "a bad look", and the apology was just a "move [...] to placate", it might make sense to consider it as a cynical business move only and give credit to the shrewdness of that. I sincerely hope it's more than that.
- throwaway314155 2y ago> it made it seem like YC had not done their appropriate research before investing It still seems like that. Moreso, even.
- badgersnake 2y agoDeveloper tools startups generally don’t make money. Seems like a pretty risky bet all round.
- madeofpalk 2y agoDeveloper tools startups always seem 100% to be an acquisition move.