The last drama of the culture of the San Francisco startup occurred on Monday night. And he focused on “the most legendary party that never happened,” says founder and CEO Roy Lee.
Cument had hoped to launch a later party to a combined event that took place on Monday and Tuesday Ai Startup School. The event attracted a crowd thanks to scheduled speakers such as Sam Altman, Satya Nadella and Elon Musk.
Clueely is a Startup of the Born AI controversy and rage comedy marketing. It is true that Lee published a satirical video in X publishing his later party. It shows this camping for the famous combined sign: what all the founders of the YC take selfies. (Cutting is not a YC Startup.)
The tweet announced the party to its more than 100,000 followers and told DM for an invitation. Lee tells Techcrunch that he really did not send invitations to the hordes. “We only invited friends and friends from friends,” he said.
But he converted it Party, and the people shared the details. When it began to begin, So many people were on foot The place that the lines wrapped around the blocks. “It only came out of the proportion,” says Lee. What seemed like 2,000 people appeared, he added.
Such a big party could have been out of control, but it did not have the opportunity. The lines were blocking traffic, so police appeared and closed. “Cuelly’s aura is too strong!” Lee was heard shouting outside as the police bust him.
“It would have been the most legendary party in the history of technology. And I would say that the reputation of this story could turn it into the most legendary party that never happened,” Lee A Techcrunch, at the same time proud and annoying.
Lee became known in San Francisco when Published a viral tweet Ax Saying that he was suspended by Columbia University after he and his co -founder developed a AI tool to deceive work interviews for software engineers.
They turned this tool into a startup that offers a hidden window to the browser that cannot be seen by an interviewer or a proctor. The startup was also viral for its marketing that promised to help people “deceive everything.” In April, he gathered very carefully a round of $ 5.3 million, and his marketing is now a little less on his face: “Everything you need. Before you ask.”
The party and its disappearance by the forces of the law naturally turned into jokes, memes and inventive rumors. Lee’s explanation of the crowds from outside is perhaps more boring than what some people imagined. After the cops showed, “We did a little cleaning, but the drinks are waiting for the next party,” he promises.
