A16z-Funded Startup Copied Our Open-Source Project by Pretending to Help
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A startup funded by A16Z allegedly copied an open-source project after pretending to collaborate, sparking outrage in the HN community over the unethical behavior.
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trippyballs
4 months ago
1 replybrain graped
Imustaskforhelp
4 months ago
How were they brain drained, maybe I didn't read it properly but they just took the idea and recreated it and that's shitty behaviour but had they taken any of the contributers or poached them etc.?
Imustaskforhelp
4 months ago
shitty behaviour & it seems that they have no merit and respect but oh well what can we expect from a crypto vc funded startup...
If you are a vc funded startup or smth, please just don't do these kinds of behaviours...
I feel like that the backlash would be more than you would expect and even if you don't face backlash, I feel like a company can only ever run sustainably if there is atleast a sliver of mutual understanding and not everything literally chasing profit every single time for every quarter...
throwaway314155
4 months ago
Classic brain drain.
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