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Shipper (@shipper_now) says it declined a seven‑figure VC offer on launch day…

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Shipper (@shipper_now) says it declined a seven‑figure VC offer on launch day (2026-05-12), arguing their product solves a proactivity/"skin in the game" problem—making one agent act like ten—and will "kill vibe coding." The post echoes @chddaniel's provocation that 99% of software engineers and CS students will be jobless within four months.

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99% software engineers and CS students are going to be jobless in 4 months.

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Shipper (@shipper_now)

We got a 7-figure VC investment offer on our launch day.

We refused. The problem we're fixing is worth so much more.

It's 2026, but vibe coders keep only get stuck, and AI is still the problem.

The issue isn't ambition. You have a lot of it.

It's the proactivity and skin in the game, what makes 1 agent feel like 10.

That's what we solved with Shipper: making business ideas actually work.

We're killing vibe coding, and believe me, we're going all in.

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— https://nitter.net/shipper_now/status/2054185949551321329#m