"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]
• 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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Chapters

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. The Rise of Cluely: The AI App For Cheating at Everything (00:00:14)

3. Startup Stunts and the Attention Economy (00:02:46)

4. Tech Interviews are Broken (00:08:47)