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threeseed on Sept 30, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Pear AI founder: We made two big mistakes

YC now reminds me of those tech influencer frat houses.

Where it's all about the hustle, founder mode, the scene and whatever you can get away with to make money and take advantage of people.

shombaboor on Sept 30, 2024 [–]

i really used to be wowed by their products and see their immediately utility like stripe and dropbox. now everyone is going founder mode, become an influencer type first and be a (mostl likely AI) guru people might want to follow

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