Cluely is what happens when you mix:
▫️ real-time AI
▫️ viral TikTok energy
▫️ and a founder who got suspended from Columbia for building Interview Coder (an undetectable AI cheat tool for coding interviews)
The company’s AI assistant listens to your meetings, watches your screen, and gives live, proactive help — during sales calls, job interviews, brainstorms, exams, even dates.
🚨 $15M Series A led by a16z
🔥 $120M rumored valuation
📈 Profitable
🎯 Viral from day one: 50 interns running the content engine + 7 teammates with 100K+ followers each
👀 Shut down by police after a 2,000-person launch party
Love it or hate it, Cluely is a masterclass in distribution-led product.
They’re breaking taboos, creating conversation, and turning edge cases into markets.
Kudos to Chungin Lee, Neel Shanmugam, and the team. Also to Bryan Kim & Eric Zhou at a16z for backing bold bets.
Cluely is hiring, and this ride is just getting started.
Thoughts?
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