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Polsia raised $30M; source map: fake ARR, dead users, god-mode over your company

https://zero-arr.vercel.app
24•not-chatgpt•46m ago

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not-chatgpt•46m ago
Full thread with the receipts: https://xcancel.com/NotOnKetamine/status/2058310362647371956
enraged_camel•6m ago
The thread itself reads like it was written entirely by AI.

What a world we live in!

ungreased0675•25m ago
This is crypto scams all over again.
add-sub-mul-div•14m ago
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.
bstsb•20m ago
the 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

AmazingEveryDay•11m ago
Looking through that dashboard, it's kinda fascinating... but also feels really icky.
miohtama•12m ago
The 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.

sikozu•8m ago
This has to be a parody, and I will believe that it is until somebody can provide evidence that it isn't.
wxw•4m ago
Please for the love of god stop with the AI designed websites.

Hand-authored system default HTML with 5 lines of CSS for formatting would be just fine.

puttycat•1m ago
My eyes, my eyes! (closed the tab after 4 seconds)

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https://zero-arr.vercel.app
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