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On Sunday , 21 - year - old Chungin “ Roy ” Leeannouncedhe ’s raised $ 5.3 million in cum funding from Abstract Ventures and Susa Ventures for his inauguration , Cluely , that offers an AI instrument to “ jockey on everything . ”
The startup was bear after Leepostedin a viral X thread that he was suspended by Columbia University after he and his co - founder developed a prick to cheat on job interviews for software engineer .
That puppet , earlier call Interview Coder , is now part of their San Francisco - based startupCluely . It offers its user the chance to “ wander ” on affair like exams , sales birdcall , and job interview thanks to a hidden in - web browser app windowpane that ca n’t be viewed by the interviewer or test giver .
Cluely has publisheda manifestocomparing itself to inventions like the computer and spellcheck , which were earlier derided as “ cheating . ”
Cluely also published a slickly produced , but polarizing , launch video of Lee using a hidden AI assistant to ( unsuccessfully ) lie to a charwoman about his age , and even his knowledge of art , on a appointment at a fancy eating place :
Cluely is out . chicane on everything.pic.twitter.com/EsRXQaCfUI
While somepraisedthe video for grabbing the great unwashed ’s aid , others derided it as remindful of the dystopian sci - fi TV show “ Black Mirror ” :
Imagine making a black mirror brusque as a product adhttps://t.co/2GKXQj8e1v
Lee , who is Cluely ’s CEO , told TechCrunch the AI cheating prick surpassed $ 3 million in ARR sooner this month .
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The startup ’s other co - laminitis is another 21 - twelvemonth - onetime former Columbia bookman , Neel Shanmugam , who is Cluely ’s COO . Shanmugam was also embroil in disciplinary proceedings at Columbia over the AI tool . Both co - laminitis have dropped out of Columbia , the university ’s bookman newspaperreportedlast week . Columbia wane to notice , quote student concealment laws .
Cluely began as a pecker for developer to jockey on knowledge of LeetCode , a platform for coding doubtfulness that some in package applied science circles — including Cluely ’s founders , of course — debate outdated and a barren of time .
Lee says he was capable to snag an internship with Amazon using the AI screw peter . Amazon declined to comment on Lee ’s exceptional case to TechCrunch , but tell its job nominee must acknowledge they wo n’t utilise unauthorised tools during the consultation outgrowth .
Cluely is n’t the only controversial AI inauguration launched this month . Earlier , a illustrious AI investigator announced his own inauguration with thestated mission of replacing all human workers everywhere , induce a brouhaha of its own on X.
