CEO of Eco alleges that YC-backed Pebble copied its business model, materials

NGL?

If you read the thread, it's not copying, as in building another company with the same premise (like Chipotle and QDoba, or Uber vs Lyft). It's copying, as in replicating the same pitch materials, marketing copy, app flows, terms & conditions, job descriptions, etc.

Honestly, If Bromberg's being 100% about this, it's bizarre. Most engineers I know have so many ideas of their own that aping someone else's whole company without any creative interpretation would feel really miserable. What's their endgame, hire the Eco team and have them continue to generate original ideas?

We can have differing opinions on copying ideas, but plagiarism is another matter that is generally not looked upon favorably in our western parts of the world.

And he did wait until it came out of stealth, even though he noticed their "information gathering" and saw their deck early.

lol