DeepL is such a poster child for German sw startups.
They truly had something unique when they started - but instead of polishing the product with enough VC runway to either find an exit or grow into a real consumer driven utility like Grammarly - they tried their hand at a B2B play.
From then on, their software integration sucked (browser plugins, etc.), their file translation sucked, and their “sass” shenanigans reached adobe levels.
Why can’t Germans do software?