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Y Combinator is being criticized after it backed an AI startup that admits it basically cloned another AI startup | TechCrunch

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PearAI is a clone of an AI coding editor called Continue , which was covered under the Apache open source license.

The startup's founder Duke Pan has openly said that it’s a cloned copy of Continue .

The launch thread went viral with thousands of comments by Sunday .

Pan admitted as much in his apology that the project has now been released under the same Apache license.