In the very first episode of Founders Behaving Badly, we dig into a sketchy AI edtech.

00:00:00 - Intro

00:02:40 - The AI chatbot for truancy

00:05:04 - From Harvard halls to hot water

00:06:51 - Fraud charges and pivot points

00:12:14 - Investor decks and wild claims

00:17:02 - When $5K becomes $3.7M

00:23:40 - The SVB collapse and a fake rescue

00:26:20 - Playing the consultant

00:31:02 - The final unraveling

00:36:15 - Where the money went (or didn’t)

42:18:00 - The end of free money

44:12:00 - When charisma meets crime

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