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"Cheat at Everything" AI App Raises $15M, Startup Hype, and the Death of the Tech Interview


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This week on Techish, hosts Michael and Abadesi chat about Cluely, a startup with a “cheat at everything” app. They dive into its viral marketing, the ethics of using it in job interviews, and whether traditional knowledge still matters in today’s fast-changing industry.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction
00:14 The Rise of Cluely: The AI App For Cheating at Everything
02:46 Startup Stunts and the Attention Economy
08:47 Tech Interviews are Broken

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Extra Reading & Resources

  • Andreessen Horowitz Backs AI Startup With Slogan ‘Cheat at Everything’ [Bloomberg, $]
  • College Dropout Raised $20.3M in Just 5 Months | Interview Coder & Cluely, Roy Lee [EO]
  • AI App Cluely Raises $5.3M To Help You “Cheat” In Real Life [POCIT]
  • I just raised $15M to build a cheating company [Cluely]
  • Police shut down Cluely’s party, the ‘cheat at everything’ startup [TechCrunch]


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