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FYI; Flock was/is a YC backed company https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/flock-safety https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/flock-safety

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nxobject 9mo ago
> We are committed to protecting human privacy and mitigating bias in policing with the development of best-in-class technology rooted in ethical design, which unites civilians and public servants in pursuit of a safer, more equitable society. …and of course they do the exact opposite. All a bunch of bullshit from inception.
- darig 9mo ago
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niij 9mo ago
This is extremely disappointing. Absolutely turned off applying for or working for any YC companies now.
- windexh8er 9mo ago
  It's also interesting Garry Tan (YC Partner) has a lot of comments for the masses when it's on a one sided platform like X. But, will never engage here. Oh the irony. He seems to enjoy spreading factually misguided "statistics" [0] about how Flock is "solving crime". OK buddy. I mean, just look at how he enagages with those replies. If that's at the helm of YC? WTF. [0] https://x.com/garrytan/status/1963256544524640456 https://x.com/garrytan/status/1963256544524640456
  - femiagbabiaka 9mo ago
    He and the entire tech ecosystem is in a bubble where being as right wing as possible is currency. Literally middle of the road liberal pg is basically a communist compared to this ecosystem now. It’s extremely short sighted on their part as the dialectic is guaranteed to flip back the other way. Much better to hold your own genuine beliefs than to kowtow to whatever is popular at the time
    - hdgvhicv 9mo ago
      When did the US even “flip the other way” The “left” view points of the US currently seem to be similar to Reagan. The furthest left I’ve seen the US go in my lifetime is about David Cameron or Boris Johnson levels of “left”.
      - femiagbabiaka 9mo ago
        Bernie Sanders was nearly the Democratic candidate for president and is still the most popular politician in American politics. However, this countries politics is completely and totally captured by moneyed interests. Our political leadership is openly corrupt and has been for decades. And of course about every decade the US commits another atrocity against some sovereign nation or the other. It does feel a bit hopeless at times
notyourwork 9mo ago
Which really makes me sad that no one from YCombinator is speaking up. It’s all about money.
- Madmallard 9mo ago
  YC seeming like more and more of a joke since AI took off
  - deaux 9mo ago
    YC had been funding Flock for six years before LLMs took off.
- kelnos 9mo ago
  Given YC's leadership over the past decade or so, I don't think they have anything they'd want to speak up about. This is probably all fine with them. I used to hold YC in very high regard, but these days I don't think they're materially different from any other investing shop when it comes to values.
- ViscountPenguin 9mo ago
  Y combinator has funded a significant portion of the most harmful tech companies of this century. They're profoundly amoral, just like you'd expect from a profitable venture capital firm. On the bright side, they also hire dang, so that's one against 100 million.
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  - raw_anon_1111 9mo ago
    And the few that have gone public have done awful https://medium.com/@Arakunrin/the-post-ipo-performance-of-y-combinator-companies-a-mixed-bag-of-success-and-struggle-58e9a4006f01 https://medium.com/@Arakunrin/the-post-ipo-performance-of-y-...
hdgvhicv 9mo ago
VC firms are behind the police state and the break down in world order in general. YC is not the good guy in this world.

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nxobject 9mo ago

> We are committed to protecting human privacy and mitigating bias in policing with the development of best-in-class technology rooted in ethical design, which unites civilians and public servants in pursuit of a safer, more equitable society. …and of course they do the exact opposite. All a bunch of bullshit from inception.

darig 9mo ago
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niij 9mo ago

This is extremely disappointing. Absolutely turned off applying for or working for any YC companies now.

windexh8er 9mo ago
It's also interesting Garry Tan (YC Partner) has a lot of comments for the masses when it's on a one sided platform like X. But, will never engage here. Oh the irony. He seems to enjoy spreading factually misguided "statistics" [0] about how Flock is "solving crime". OK buddy. I mean, just look at how he enagages with those replies. If that's at the helm of YC? WTF. [0] https://x.com/garrytan/status/1963256544524640456 https://x.com/garrytan/status/1963256544524640456
- femiagbabiaka 9mo ago
  He and the entire tech ecosystem is in a bubble where being as right wing as possible is currency. Literally middle of the road liberal pg is basically a communist compared to this ecosystem now. It’s extremely short sighted on their part as the dialectic is guaranteed to flip back the other way. Much better to hold your own genuine beliefs than to kowtow to whatever is popular at the time
  - hdgvhicv 9mo ago
    When did the US even “flip the other way” The “left” view points of the US currently seem to be similar to Reagan. The furthest left I’ve seen the US go in my lifetime is about David Cameron or Boris Johnson levels of “left”.
    - femiagbabiaka 9mo ago
      Bernie Sanders was nearly the Democratic candidate for president and is still the most popular politician in American politics. However, this countries politics is completely and totally captured by moneyed interests. Our political leadership is openly corrupt and has been for decades. And of course about every decade the US commits another atrocity against some sovereign nation or the other. It does feel a bit hopeless at times

notyourwork 9mo ago

Which really makes me sad that no one from YCombinator is speaking up. It’s all about money.

Madmallard 9mo ago
YC seeming like more and more of a joke since AI took off
- deaux 9mo ago
  YC had been funding Flock for six years before LLMs took off.
kelnos 9mo ago
Given YC's leadership over the past decade or so, I don't think they have anything they'd want to speak up about. This is probably all fine with them. I used to hold YC in very high regard, but these days I don't think they're materially different from any other investing shop when it comes to values.
ViscountPenguin 9mo ago
Y combinator has funded a significant portion of the most harmful tech companies of this century. They're profoundly amoral, just like you'd expect from a profitable venture capital firm. On the bright side, they also hire dang, so that's one against 100 million.
- deleted 9mo ago
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- raw_anon_1111 9mo ago
  And the few that have gone public have done awful https://medium.com/@Arakunrin/the-post-ipo-performance-of-y-combinator-companies-a-mixed-bag-of-success-and-struggle-58e9a4006f01 https://medium.com/@Arakunrin/the-post-ipo-performance-of-y-...

hdgvhicv 9mo ago

VC firms are behind the police state and the break down in world order in general. YC is not the good guy in this world.