Farza Majeed built HeyClicky, a Mac assistant that watches your screen and talks you through whatever app you're stuck in, in eight weeks after getting frustrated with hour-long DaVinci Resolve tutorials. The open-source repo crossed 7,500-plus GitHub stars, the launch demo pulled roughly 3 million views, and the project moved from a single tweet to a Y Combinator seed round (Spring 2026 batch, about $500,000) in a matter of weeks. That speed is now doing double duty as both the case study for "in-flow" AI assistants and the flashpoint for a cloning dispute playing out across X, Reddit, and Medium.
The Founder Behind the Speed
Majeed previously founded Buildspace, which he grew to roughly a $100 million valuation before shutting it down. That track record is part of why HeyClicky's launch got taken seriously instead of dismissed as another demo video: per Macfolio's writeup, the pitch wasn't a chatbot bolted onto a screen recorder. It was an assistant that could watch a live workflow, in DaVinci Resolve or a design tool, and respond to what was actually on screen instead of a typed description of it.
Why "Most Human GTM" Is the Phrase Sticking to This Launch
The product update livestream is what turned casual interest into a talking point. @paulfinneyx called it "the most human GTM I've seen in tech this year" after founder @FarzaTV closed the stream with an original Hindi song sung from the AI's point of view, paired with a behind-the-scenes build video from teammate @vikpat. @richardcsuwandi picked out the more practical detail: the standout wasn't the AI's capability, it was that HeyClicky removes the "empty prompt box" that intimidates people who don't already know how to phrase a request to an AI. Instead of typing, users draw on their screen or talk out loud, and the assistant translates that into structured prompts for tools like Cursor.
The bigger story here is a shift toward voice and screen markup replacing the chat box as AI's default interface, one already showing up across other in-flow assistants in this week's research sweep.
The Clone Wars Started Almost Immediately
Success this fast invited scrutiny and copies in the same breath. A Medium piece titled "Y Combinator Under Fire for Funding AI Startup Accused of Cloning" alleges HeyClicky closely mirrors an existing open-source concept. That claim fed into a broader r/artificial thread about AI-CEO accountability, where u/One_Whole_9927 argued the conversation keeps "distracted from putting the blame on the tech CEOs," while u/Clear_Evidence9218 pointed to Anthropic's approaching IPO as a reason to read funding-adjacent AI safety talk skeptically.
Meanwhile, the clone itself is already being cloned. On X, @RajatSharda_ posted that HeyClicky pushed him to spin up his own early version, "an ai buddy next to the cursor," working name Wingy, crediting Majeed directly. On Reddit, a r/SideProject poster went further and shipped a full open-source rebuild: "I built an open-source version of HeyClicky, a Mac assistant that sees your screen and points at what you're asking about." Unprompted derivative-building like this is usually a stronger signal of real product-market pull than any engagement number on the original launch post.
The Catch: Pricing and Trust Nobody's Solved Yet
The recurring complaint sitting underneath the enthusiasm is access and control. @suiramdev asked directly whether HeyClicky could run on a user's own Claude subscription instead of the built-in model, adding they'd pay a lifetime or subscription price for exactly that option. Per The Rundown AI's review, HeyClicky currently ships two tiers, $20 a month Pro and $100 a month Max, with no bring-your-own-key option at either level. The same review flags that HeyClicky has no SOC 2 or ISO certification despite requiring deep macOS permissions and processing screen and voice data in the cloud. For a tool built around watching everything on a user's screen, that's the gap worth watching before recommending it for anything beyond a solo creator's own machine.
FAQ
What is HeyClicky?
HeyClicky is a Mac AI assistant built by Farza Majeed (previously the founder of Buildspace) that overlays active apps like DaVinci Resolve or design tools, letting users draw on their screen, talk out loud, or dictate edits instead of typing prompts into a chat box.
How did HeyClicky get funded so fast?
The open-source launch demo pulled roughly 3 million views and the GitHub repo crossed 7,500-plus stars within weeks, which led to a Y Combinator seed round (Spring 2026 batch, about $500,000) shortly after launch.
Is HeyClicky actually a clone of another product?
A Medium article has publicly alleged HeyClicky closely mirrors an existing open-source concept, a claim that's circulating in r/artificial discussion threads. Separately, at least one open-source clone of HeyClicky itself has already shipped on r/SideProject, and other builders have said the launch inspired their own versions.
Does HeyClicky let you use your own AI subscription instead of paying for its built-in model?
No. As of this writing, HeyClicky ships two tiers ($20/month Pro and $100/month Max) with no bring-your-own-key option, and users have publicly asked for that feature to avoid paying twice for AI access.
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