Delve – Fake Compliance as a Service • Hacker News Board

ersshh wrote: post #3

Forbes 30u30 pipeline remains undefeated. How did none of this come up during diligence? Feels like a prime example of too good to be true.

Trust me, you can lie and get away with it if you go through YC and dropped out of a top university. Garry Tan blocked me on X for pointing this out. It's a big club, and you ain't in it!

Fortunately, some of the old-YC spirit seems to be alive here on HN still.

Re: Delve – Fake Compliance as a Service

#7

Post by halamadrid » Fri, Mar 20, 2026, 2:44 AM UTC

This was such as interesting read, but I found this link via LinkedIn rather than hackernews.

I would have expected this to be somewhere at the top right now given how deep the article digs and evidence seems legit.

Re: Delve – Fake Compliance as a Service

#8

Post by sebmellen » Fri, Mar 20, 2026, 4:09 AM UTC

halamadrid wrote: post #7

This was such as interesting read, but I found this link via LinkedIn rather than hackernews. I would have expected this to be somewhere at the top right now given how deep the article digs and evidence seems legit.

I think it may be getting (intentionally?) suppressed from the homepage. Given this is a YCombinator website, I wouldn't rule that out.

Regardless, it's been an ongoing issue. I know a few involved companies — it takes basically 5 days to get a SOC 2 Type 2 report through Delve. And, of course, they market this way too: "SOC 2 in days". Unbelievable.

Re: Delve – Fake Compliance as a Service

#9

Post by moomoo11 » Fri, Mar 20, 2026, 4:38 AM UTC

I miss 2010s YC until like 2017 ish when crypto sort of just caused a massive decline across the board.

I guess it is great if you're a grifter/scammer or looking to just sell off to a FANG.

Re: Delve – Fake Compliance as a Service

#10

Post by instalabsai » Fri, Mar 20, 2026, 7:23 AM UTC

sebmellen wrote: post #8

halamadrid wrote: post #7

This was such as interesting read, but I found this link via LinkedIn rather than hackernews. I would have expected this to be somewhere at the top right now given how deep the article digs and evidence seems legit.

I think it may be getting (intentionally?) suppressed from the homepage. Given this is a YCombinator website, I wouldn't rule that out. Regardless, it's been an ongoing issue. I know a few involved companies — it takes basically 5 days to get a SOC 2 Type 2 report through Delve. And, of course, they market this way too: "SOC 2 in days". Unbelievable.

Surprised/not surprised that this is getting buried from the homepage