TLDR Founders · MISCELLANEOUS
APPLE PULLED CAL AI FROM THE APP STORE. THE REAL STORY IS WORSE
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Cal AI hit $50M ARR and sold for around $250M, then got delisted for using in-app payment sheets to dodge Apple's 30%. The worse story is that a legal version of the same playbook has existed for years. Charge on the web via Stripe, then deep-link paying users into the app so revenue never touches iOS.