Bot community leader accused of using 100 pitch decks to help his own startup

Startup founders and some members of the Bots Facebook group are accusing its creator, Matt Schlicht, of misleading them about his intentions. In May, Schlicht asked for and received more than 100 pitch decks from entrepreneurs after offering to help connect them with investors. The furor erupted this week when Schlicht launched his own bot startup, Octane AI.
“It’s frustrating because he was creating a competing product, and had all of our information for months, and we had no