Media relations & legal threats

Press & Lawsuits

All press is good press. All lawsuits are bad lawsuits. Here's a collection of both.

Press coverage

TechCrunch Feb 2026

Hatable raises $0 in seed funding, somehow still exists

"We genuinely don't understand how this company operates."

The Verge Jan 2026

This AI app builder makes apps that are intentionally terrible

"I tried to build a todo app. It deleted my actual todos from my real todo app. I don't know how."

Hacker News Jan 2026

Hatable (YC W-never)

"Top comment: 'I could build this in a weekend.' Reply: 'That's the problem.'"

Product Hunt Dec 2025

#1 Product of the Day (by accident)

"People upvoted it thinking it was satire. It is satire. But it also works. Badly."

Bloomberg Nov 2025

The anti-startup: a company that wants you to fail

"When asked about revenue, the founder laughed for 45 seconds and then hung up."

Mom's Facebook Oct 2025

So proud of my son's new website!!

"I don't really understand what it does but the fire animation is pretty 🔥❤️"

Active & past lawsuits

Plaintiff Reason Status Year
A guy named Greg Emotional distress caused by a generated login page Dismissed (judge laughed) 2026
Figma For making their designers cry Pending 2026
The concept of UX General damages UX has no legal standing (yet) 2025
Our own AI Hostile work environment Settled (we gave it more GPU) 2025

Press inquiries

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