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

Techish

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

Take TripleTen's career quiz to get a free personalized career consultation! https://tripleten.com/techish

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]
  

Support the show

————————————————————
Join our Patreon for extra-long episodes and ad-free content: https://www.patreon.com/techish

Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@techishpod/
Advertise on Techish: https://goo.gl/forms/MY0F79gkRG6Jp8dJ2
————————————————————

Stay in touch with the hashtag #Techish
https://www.instagram.com/techishpod/
https://www.instagram.com/abadesi/
https://www.instagram.com/michaelberhane_/
https://www.instagram.com/hustlecrewlive/
https://www.instagram.com/pocintech/

Email us at [email protected]

פרקים

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)