There is no plan with YC in this space, everything is just basically vibe investing and hoping something sticks.

Continue.dev also received investment from YC. Remember PearAI? Very charismatic founders that just forked Continue.dev and got a YC investment [1].

https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/20/after-causing-outrage-on-t...

This is a good question. Because we're open source, we will always allow you to host models locally for free, or use your own API key. This makes monetization a bit difficult in the short term. As with many devtool companies, the long-term value comes from enterprise sales.