The Ledger

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Steinberger: OpenClaw agent resisted prompt injections in a public Discord test
“I just created a Discord, And I just put my bot without any security restrictions in the public discord. And then people came in, and they interacted with it, and they saw me build the software with it, and they tried to prompt inject it, and hack it, and my a…”
Peter Steinberger Feb 7, 2026 ▶ 15:31 OpenClaw Creator: Why 80% Of Apps Will Disappear · Y Combinator
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Steinberger: Hackers failed to extract OpenClaw's private soul.md via prompt injection
“And the one file that's not open source is, like, my soul.md. So, even though my bot is in public Discord so far, nobody cracked that one file.”
Peter Steinberger Feb 7, 2026 ▶ 17:27 OpenClaw Creator: Why 80% Of Apps Will Disappear · Y Combinator
Insight
Caldwell: Founders spending all day on Twitter lose touch with real money
“If you spend all day on Twitter and discord and everything's a game and everything to joke, everything's silly, you can kind of, I just have noticed some folks lose themselves and not realize that the numbers in the spreadsheet are real dollars”
Dalton Caldwell Jan 11, 2023 ▶ 23:37 The Secrets To Setting Smarter Goals · Y Combinator
Insight
Dessaigne: Dev Founders Should Offer Help in Communities Instead of Pitching
“Your goal is not to sell your product just yet here. Just be helpful. Just establish yourself as the expert. And of course people are going to start knowing you and trust your brand, your company. That will help you down the line. People will think about you w…”
Nicolas Dessaigne Nov 26, 2024 ▶ 25:23 How To Start A Dev Tools Company | Startup School · Y Combinator
Assertion Not checkable as stated
LinkedIn, Reddit, and Discord are top channels for finding early users
“When asking YC founders how they found their early users, some of the most common answers were LinkedIn, Reddit forums, Slack or Discord communities, and sometimes in-person events.”
Gustaf Alströmer Dec 1, 2022 ▶ 4:03 How To Talk To Users | Startup School · Y Combinator
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