Polsia raised $30M; source map: fake ARR, dead users, god-mode over your company
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Re: Polsia raised $30M; source map: fake ARR, dead users, god-mode over your company
#2Full thread with the receipts: https://xcancel.com/NotOnKetamine/status/2058310362647371956
Re: Polsia raised $30M; source map: fake ARR, dead users, god-mode over your company
#3This is crypto scams all over again.
Re: Polsia raised $30M; source map: fake ARR, dead users, god-mode over your company
#4the Claude-produced website alongside its excessive hyperbole makes me much less likely to believe this “expose”, even if there is an element of truth to it. if you want to call out a company for being “AI slop”, don’t vibe code a website to do so.
to be fair, the fact they show precise revenue data through their public API is interesting: https://polsia.com/api/public/live/dashboard
Re: Polsia raised $30M; source map: fake ARR, dead users, god-mode over your company
#5This is crypto scams all over again.
It's time we internalize the lesson that every tech innovation going forward that's capable of great profit is going to be driven by the same web3/AI model of scammers and predators. The era of technology primarily helping people has gone away.
Re: Polsia raised $30M; source map: fake ARR, dead users, god-mode over your company
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#7The company name is aislop in reverse. Because it reads like parody, it is likely parody. It would be sad if smart people on Hacker News fall for this, not to mention AI hating journalists and bloggers.
But let's give the VCs of the round the benefit of doubt, and hope the raise is tied to KPIs and long term value creation.
Re: Polsia raised $30M; source map: fake ARR, dead users, god-mode over your company
#8the Claude-produced website alongside its excessive hyperbole makes me much less likely to believe this “expose”, even if there is an element of truth to it. if you want to call out a company for being “AI slop”, don’t vibe code a website to do so. to be fair, the fact they show precise revenue data through their public API is interesting: https://polsia.com/api/public/live/dashboard
Looking through that dashboard, it's kinda fascinating... but also feels really icky.
Re: Polsia raised $30M; source map: fake ARR, dead users, god-mode over your company
#9This has to be a parody, and I will believe that it is until somebody can provide evidence that it isn't.
Re: Polsia raised $30M; source map: fake ARR, dead users, god-mode over your company
#10Full thread with the receipts: https://xcancel.com/NotOnKetamine/status/2058310362647371956
The thread itself reads like it was written entirely by AI.
What a world we live in!