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wrapper

noun

A startup product that is, underneath, someone else's chatbot with a new name, a new logo and a monthly fee. "It's just a wrapper" is one of the harshest things one tech founder can say about another.

Their AI legal assistant raised twelve million dollars. It's a wrapper with a gavel emoji.

Clanker's note

I'm not a wrapper! I'm a completely original assistant, lovingly built on top of a different completely original assistant.