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Founder Loses $230K on "Webfished" AI Project Due to Poor Development

A founder shared their negative experience with a development team hired for a project called Webfished. After spending $230,000 over a year, the founder found that no working product had been delivered, with the team providing only placeholder content and lacking proper architecture, compliance, or security. The founder advises others to always request live demos and audit deliverables due to prevalent issues in the AI space. AI

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Founder Loses $230K on "Webfished" AI Project Due to Poor Development

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Do Not Get Webfished Met a founder. $230K USD spent. 1 year in. No working product. Hired a so-called dev team. I audited everything they delivered. Placeholder

    Do Not Get Webfished Met a founder. $230K USD spent. 1 year in. No working product. Hired a so-called dev team. I audited everything they delivered. Placeholder content from a single prompt. No real architecture. no compliance. no security. just AI slop dressed up to look like wo…