<ul><li>Y Combinator startup, PearAI, faced criticism after admitting it cloned another AI startup.</li><li>PearAI launched an AI coding editor that was a replica of an open-source project called Continue.</li><li>The startup initially applied its own closed license on the code, but later changed it to the Apache open source license.</li><li>Critics pointed out the lack of originality, licensing violations, and Y Combinator's decision to fund PearAI despite similar existing AI code editors.</li></ul>

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

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