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Did YC fund (or otherwise back) InstallMonetizer? The way I understood it, they applied to YC with a different idea and worked on IM earlier/on the side/later.
by tuukkah 2y ago
Did YC fund (or otherwise back) InstallMonetizer? The way I understood it, they applied to YC with a different idea and worked on IM earlier/on the side/later. (In which case, the controversy was more whether YC works with people who make things like InstallMonetizer.)
- latexr 2y ago> Did YC fund (or otherwise back) InstallMonetizer? Yes. Quoting Paul Graham: > Last week there was some controversy online about a company we funded called InstallMonetizer. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5092711 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5092711
- tuukkah 2y agoHere's his clarification that followed, saying they didn't fund the product InstallMonetizer: > They're working on something new, and all the office hours I had with them were about that. They're not even in our database of companies as InstallMonetizer but as the new thing. (I'm not sure if I can say the name because it may not be launched yet.) I knew they had some previous product that was called a Windows installer, but I don't think we ever talked about what it did. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5093047 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5093047