Friend took my startup idea and is now letting me know he build it and is going to sell it. I will not promote

2 years ago I started building a tech startup and confided in my friend about the progress. Though it was a promising idea, it involved some AI tech which was a bit too expensive at the time in order for it to be profitable. I wrapped up the tech project, 95% done and went on with my life. Well, now with AI progress speeding up I realized that it could be profitable now and I should wrap it up though I didn't get to it yet because of other personal issues. I was surprised when my friend told me what side project they started vibe coding and I got demoed a full working version, though still less advanced than the one I built. He then told me of his plans to sell it in the industry we both activate in, as it's a niche project. He also started confiding in me with regards to issues he's facing and thought provoking me . A part of me wants to ask him to collaborate and go ahead together, but now sure if I could trust him any longer and either way both versions of the startup are 85% done at least, though he wants it to make it a full saas, so arguably there's still room to grow. I'm not sure why did he warn me he finished it in the first place, perhaps so I can advise him with issues he's facing or to salvage the friendship. How would you deal with this situation? I can wrap up my project as well in 2 weeks time, though the aftermath will be ugly as everyone in the industry sees us as friends and both coming up with almost identical startups will look strange.

添加评论
点赞收藏
点踩分享查看原文
评论
?
参与讨论