Horowitz backs AI startup with slogan 'cheat at everything'
led a $15 million funding round for an artificial intelligence startup called
Cluely Inc
, famous on social platforms like X for controversial viral marketing stunts and the slogan "cheat on everything".
The startup was cofounded by 21-year-old Roy Lee, who was booted from
Columbia University
earlier this year for creating a tool called Interview Coder that helped technical job candidates cheat on interviews using AI.
At the time, he wrote on
, "I'm completely kicked out from school. LOL!" More recently, Cluely, which is working on AI transcription and other services, has posted a string of provocative updates and sleek videos.
For example, the company promised to pay for dating apps for its employees, said it was hiring 50 interns, made jokes about hiring strippers, and produced a video starring Lee himself using AI to coach him through a date with an older woman. Earlier this month, it threw a startup party that was broken up by the police before it started, according to
TechCrunch
.
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