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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days ago

Y Combinator Supports AI Startup Dehumanizing Factory Workers

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Y Combinator Supports AI Startup Dehumanizing Factory Workers

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days ago

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Optifye.ai's pitch includes a video where a "boss" yells at a "worker" by calling him a number, and sarcastically saying he's having a bad month.

Mirror: https://archive.is/2025.02.25-165139/https://www.404media.co/optifyeai-ycombinator-startup-ai-factory/

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  kinda is surprising. do they really have history in doing this?
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    I’m unsurprised that a venture capital company is dehumanising workers.
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      oh okay i thought you mean Y combinator
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        Y Combinator, LLC (YC) is an American technology startup accelerator and venture capital firm
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