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Y Combinator Faces Controversy Over AI Startup PearAI
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In this video, we delve into the recent controversy surrounding Y Combinator-backed startup PearAI. Launched with an X post thread and YouTube video on Saturday, PearAI was immediately under fire for openly admitting that their AI coding editor is a cloned copy of another AI editor called Continue, which falls under the Apache open-source license. Adding fuel to the fire, PearAI initially used a fabricated closed license called the Pear Enterprise License, which founder Duke Pan revealed was created by ChatGPT
#YCombinator #PearAI #TechNews #AI #OpenSource #Reddit #Meta #RobertDowneyJr #PodcastTools #StartupNews
Description:
In this video, we delve into the recent controversy surrounding Y Combinator-backed startup PearAI. Launched with an X post thread and YouTube video on Saturday, PearAI was immediately under fire for openly admitting that their AI coding editor is a cloned copy of another AI editor called Continue, which falls under the Apache open-source license. Adding fuel to the fire, PearAI initially used a fabricated closed license called the Pear Enterprise License, which founder Duke Pan revealed was created by ChatGPT
#YCombinator #PearAI #TechNews #AI #OpenSource #Reddit #Meta #RobertDowneyJr #PodcastTools #StartupNews
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