YC as a Service

Interesting concept, but the pitch is way good to be true, totally defying the laws of economic physics.

> Full refund if we can't deliver.

It would be more interesting if they charged more, so there is a plausible reality in which it works.

The question is, how many sales do they need before the rug if it's a scam? It's hard to believe they'll get away with more than one round.

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teaearlgraycold 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

If it’s not a scam and the people behind this aren’t fooling themselves, the way this makes sense is that the YC companies they replicate are going to be requested from multiple clients. And each one gets the same code, with some white labeling on top.

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dist-epoch 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> totally defying the laws of economic physics.

the laws of economics before or after coding agents?

Now one engineer can work on 20 such projects in parallel.

	▲	avaer 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Even after coding agents. Full replication and debugging of everything in a company's stack, in perpetuity. It definitely takes more than $1000.

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ipostragebait 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Maybe just trying to get users at a massive loss for now?

	▲	cyanydeez 3 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		FaaS - Fraud as a Service; the new YCombinator conceptual incubation model
	▲	Xx_crazy420_xX 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Then why not take a small loss and publish at least one example that is something beyond copying the frontend?

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JambalayaJimbo 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Pricing is way too good to be true? If they’re claiming a 4 month engagement, this would be much more believable if they actually charged a reasonable price for those 4 months.

	▲	dist-epoch 3 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Price can be reasonable if one of their developer is working on 20 such projects in parallel.
	▲	ipostragebait 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		losing money to gain users then they increase prices soon?

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random3 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The whole take seems to be from the lens of immature software people that have never started or worked in a startup, or have had enough curiosity to learn that the code is not too relevant, especially at early YC stage.

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OsrsNeedsf2P 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Seems like a scam. How would you possibly clone a company like Delve?

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teaearlgraycold 3 days ago | parent [-]

An API with one endpoint that just returns {“compliant”: true}

	▲	ipostragebait 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		If customer data: leak (https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/23/another-customer-of-troubl...)

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dist-epoch 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This is literally what Elon Musk Macrohard wants to be:

> "In principle, it is capable of emulating the function of entire companies. That is why the program is called MACROHARD, a funny reference to Microsoft,"

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/11/musk-unveils-joint-tesla-xai...

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mandeepj 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

.lol domain ? :-)

	▲	lschueller 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		That's what I saw as well.. How to say, it's a scam without saying "it's a scam"
	▲	ipostragebait 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		:-)