Polsia raised $30M; source map: fake ARR, dead users, god-mode over your company(zero-arr.vercel.app)
28 pointsby not-chatgpt2 hours ago9 comments
  • miohtamaan hour 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.

    • not-chatgpt33 minutes ago
      We live in ridiculous times. Maybe being a parody is long term value creation and worth $30M from VCs.
  • bstsban hour 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

    • AmazingEveryDayan hour ago
      Looking through that dashboard, it's kinda fascinating... but also feels really icky.
    • not-chatgpt34 minutes ago
      [dead]
  • sikozuan hour ago
    This has to be a parody, and I will believe that it is until somebody can provide evidence that it isn't.
  • wxwan hour 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.

  • themgtan hour ago
    https://polsia.com/live

    Seems like you can ask Polsia about Polsia. The zero-arr.vercel.app AI investigative journalist interviewing Polsia could be this generation's Frost/Nixon.

  • ungreased0675an hour ago
    This is crypto scams all over again.
    • add-sub-mul-divan hour 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.
      • fragmede40 minutes ago
        How do you want to define technology? Do old inventions stop being technology? I have no idea how many wheels are involved in my daily life, but it's a lot. Plastic is another technology my life would be absolutely worse without.
  • puttycatan hour ago
    My eyes, my eyes! (closed the tab after 4 seconds)
  • gandhiandy69an hour ago
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  • not-chatgpt2 hours ago
    Full thread with the receipts: https://xcancel.com/NotOnKetamine/status/2058310362647371956
    • enraged_camelan hour ago
      The thread itself reads like it was written entirely by AI.

      What a world we live in!