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This AI Startup "Copied" an Open-Source Project and Got Half a Million Dollar Funding by Y Combinator
AI startups, and open-source forks with VC funding. A bad match.
Even MKBHD, who pointed out this trend in his previous videos, got himself into it by launching a wallpaper app that was scrutinized for its subscription and other questionable practices. Commit history of PearAI on GitHub for updating the non-open-source licenseThe basic and impactful element of a software product — the license. We also have other open-source AI code editors like Void, also backed by Y Combinator, but it looks like a decent effort on the fork with more features being highlight as its benefits.
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