4/7/2026 at 10:18:23 PM
by hn_acker
4/7/2026 at 10:56:00 PM
Man could have kept low and build a nest egg until he gets busted by a functioning federal investigatory agency, but no, he has to stroke his ego and get a NYT profile and now his fraud is in the public eye.by xarchive
4/7/2026 at 10:34:11 PM
Related:BusinessInsider: Medvi, the AI telehealth is fueled by ads from doctors who don't appear to exist (2 points, 11 hours ago) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47673723
GaryMarcus: The back story behind the first "$1.8B" dollar "AI Company" (65 points, yesterday, 10 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47668658
Contentious NYT: A.I. Helped One Man (and His Brother) Build a $1.8B Company (60 points, 5 days ago, 83 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47612784
by gnabgib
4/8/2026 at 12:50:53 AM
I didn’t understand the hype on Medvi in the first place. I don’t think this type of credit can be given to “two people” when it actually makes money by being a middle-man service, selling other peoples skills, and other company’s products.I highly doubt they used AI to build the network…
by fathermarz
4/7/2026 at 10:18:23 PM
The full title is:> The New York Times Got Played By A Telehealth Scam And Called It The Future Of AI
by hn_acker
4/8/2026 at 2:22:02 AM
When I read the article, I was taken aback by the clear references to fraud in the before and after photos.We're in an absolutely golden age of grift.
by acjohnson55
4/7/2026 at 11:37:41 PM
They were not wrong, scams are the future of AI.by nom
4/8/2026 at 1:42:18 AM
Wow, how badly do you need to screw up to be seen as illegitimate compared to other web3/AI companies?by add-sub-mul-div