Roy Lee got kicked out of Columbia for cheating, then built a startup around it. We get into the real story behind Cluey, viral growth, and why controversy actually works.

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TIME STAMPS:

Meet Roy Lee 00:00

Date Bounty 00:37

Staging Spectacles

01:57 Cluely Origins

03:07 $15M Raised

04:33 Mindshare vs. Views

07:01 Power Laws

15:28 Repetition Hack

18:53 Cluely's Future

20:11 Altman's Playbook

23:53 Predicted Prompts

26:08

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