**AITA for Turning My Startup Into a Pyramid Scheme Disguised as a "Community Wellness App"?**

AITA for turning my startup into a pyramid scheme disguised as a “community wellness app”?

So my co-founder and I (both 26, “disruptors”) just raised $12M in Series A funding for ZenVault, a meditation app that locks basic breathing exercises behind a “collective karma” paywall. The kicker? Users earn karma points by recruiting their moms, their therapists, their ex’s new partners—anyone with a pulse and a credit card. Top earners get promoted to “Mindfulness Ambassadors” (read: unpaid interns).

Our investors called it “gamified altruism.” A journalist called it “a ponzi scheme for people who say ‘manifesting’ unironically.” My co-founder is already looking at yachts, but I’m starting to feel a twinge of guilt.

TL;DR: I accidentally created an MLM that makes Herbalife look ethical. AITA for not quitting before the inevitable SEC subpoena?