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Re: Leaked deck raises questions over Stability AI’s Series A pitch to investors

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Why did this post end up getting flagged? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html I understand having critiques about the post, but stories about major AI companies fundraising seems on-topic.

Unclear. I think flagging is actually done after a threshold of users click flag? Which seems like not such a great system given stories with potential conflicts of interest between the user base and moderation.

I recently saw a satirical post about vector databases get to top of HN and then drop to place 60 rapidly (no flagging in that instance).

I am trying to maintain an assumption of good faith with regards to moderation but lack of explanation on suspicious actions when it comes to stories with clear conflicts of interest between YCombinator/investors and the hn community don’t inspire confidence.

Re: Leaked deck raises questions over Stability AI’s Series A pitch to investors

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

My pet theory is that Stability was a surprise viral hit during aug/sep. Then got a massive capital round. And NOW, growth is already slowing and investors are getting buyers-remorse? Or maybe growth is accelerating, and those who passed on series-A are upset? Or maybe the lizard men are involved?

Stability never had any revenue, nor any easy ways to measure their user base. Their 'growth' is basically dependant on them being able to release open source models that get so popular, unbeatable ecosystems get formed around them. On this front. SD1.4/1.5 is extremely successful, but there has been no followup. SD2.0 was a total disaster that shocked the community, SD2.1 is still no better than SD1.5. StableLM curr…

> SD2.0 was a total disaster that shocked the community

Do you have any more details on this?

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