> If I may, what's your take on Cloudflare's upcoming DurableObjects for Workers [0] and the possibilities that entails for chat-applications like these?
It seems interesting. We have not had time yet to deep dive.
> I wanted to know if there are there any other models other than GitLab's that YC recommends to its startups?
We have not seen any trend emerging other than open-core so far.
> Also, curious why for-profit F/OSS startups would leave up a "sponsor" button on their GitHub. :D
Some one wants to support us without taking subscription plans is a great reason to have it.
> Tangential: Was this the startup that failed [2]? If so, it would be interesting to read your views on it since it looks like except the co-founder that blogged about the failure, the rest of the original founding team is back building chatwoot?
I think you might have misunderstood, op was mentioning another startup, not Chatwoot.
> Off-topic: If you are okay, can you reveal if you've raised funds from Indian Angles (many particularly active in the SaaS scene [3]) and what has been your experience so far? And a set of recommendations, if any, for other Indian F/OSS SaaS upstarts? May be you should blog about it?
It seems interesting. We have not had time yet to deep dive.
> I wanted to know if there are there any other models other than GitLab's that YC recommends to its startups?
We have not seen any trend emerging other than open-core so far.
> Also, curious why for-profit F/OSS startups would leave up a "sponsor" button on their GitHub. :D
Some one wants to support us without taking subscription plans is a great reason to have it.
> Tangential: Was this the startup that failed [2]? If so, it would be interesting to read your views on it since it looks like except the co-founder that blogged about the failure, the rest of the original founding team is back building chatwoot?
I think you might have misunderstood, op was mentioning another startup, not Chatwoot.
You can read our story here. https://www.chatwoot.com/blog/building-in-the-open
> Off-topic: If you are okay, can you reveal if you've raised funds from Indian Angles (many particularly active in the SaaS scene [3]) and what has been your experience so far? And a set of recommendations, if any, for other Indian F/OSS SaaS upstarts? May be you should blog about it?
We will definitely write about it soon.