Core of the claim

The allegation is that the developer built its AI-based applications by imitating key features of commercial software, effectively amounting to reverse engineering. Promotional images referenced in the claim showcase the company's app lineup, including photo editing, word processing, and vector graphics tools — categories that overlap with well-known commercial products.

Legal assessment still pending

The claim is assessed as alpha-level in reliability: the overall skeleton of the accusation is grounded in fact, but the presentation carries some degree of exaggeration. Notably, no legal judgment has been made on whether the conduct constitutes an actual infringement. Whether the imitation of core features crosses into legal violation therefore remains an open question rather than a settled matter.

The distinction matters: replicating functionality is not automatically unlawful, and without a court ruling or regulatory finding, the "reverse-engineering" label should be treated as an allegation with factual basis rather than an established legal conclusion.

The claim that an AI developer modeled core features of its applications on commercial software is largely grounded in fact, though the framing contains some exaggeration and no infringement finding has been issued — making the claim Mostly True.

Verdict: Mostly True