[sciurus]

From the footer: "This isn't a real product. Just something I built on a plane to make Brandon laugh."

[logicallee]

And when he got off the plane and turned off airplane mode: 4 texts, 17 unread emails - how the hell did all these people get my number. 'Just thought I'd let you know we'd be happy to see you'? Who the hell is Mark? 'Lunch Friday'? What the hell.

Okay, let's see. Reply: Actually we are not raising a round currently. Sent. 1 minute later. "Not even with these terms?"... etc

[mucker]

Thank God.

[giggles_giggles]

It should be pretty obvious it's a joke. The logo is the same as the Instacart logo, just modified slightly to have cat ears ;)

[ceejayoz]

> It should be pretty obvious it's a joke.

Uber has delivered kittens before, so we need a bit of a Poe's Law for startup concepts.

"Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is utterly impossible to parody a startup idea in such a way that someone won't mistake for the genuine article."

[shepardrtc]

I know many people who would not only subscribe to this service but actually attempt to create it, or even drive for it. So I did not for a minute think it was a joke... But I'm glad it is.

[Nadya]

I'm not aware of Instacart, so that wouldn't have been a tell-tale sign for me.

Although I assumed it was a joke product to begin with - the footer was some welcomed assurance.

[fennecfoxen]

Additionally, the team is all internet-famous cats (not just people who have a cat picture instead of a profile picture.)

The UX guy: https://www.facebook.com/blindcathoneybee

[anigbrowl]

D'oh, but whew.