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April 4, 2026
The reputation of troubled YC startup Delve has gotten even worse
Delve faces new allegations that it violated the open source license of its customer, Sim.ai, by taking the customers's tool and passing it off as its own.
TL;DR
- Delve is accused of taking an open source tool (SimStudio) from customer Sim.ai and rebranding it as its own (Pathways).
- The whistleblower, DeepDelver, claims Delve violated the Apache software license by not crediting Sim.ai.
- Sim.ai's founder confirmed Delve had no license agreement and attempted to sell them one.
- Sim.ai was a customer of Delve, highlighting the awkward relationship.
- Delve has denied previous allegations of faking customer data and using rubber-stamping auditors.
- Delve's website has reportedly removed mentions of the Pathways tool and other pages.
- Insight Partners, which led Delve's Series A funding, is being asked about their due diligence.
- The allegations have gained significant attention on X (formerly Twitter).
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