Cluely, a startup that claims to assist customers βcheatβ on job interviews, exams, and gross sales calls, has raised a $15 million Sequence A led by Andreessen Horowitz, the corporate introduced on Friday with a video posted on X.
Two buyers who weren’t a part of the deal inform Trendster they consider Cluelyβs post-money valuation is round $120 million. Andreessen Horowitz declined to touch upon that determine. Cluely CEO Roy Lee didnβt reply to a request for remark.
Cluelyβs new funding comes roughly two months after it raised $5.3 million in seed funding co-led by Summary Ventures and Susa Ventures.
The startup was co-founded earlier this yr by 21-year-old Roy Lee and Neel Shanmugam, who have been suspended from Columbia College for growing an undetectable AI-powered software referred to as βInterview Coderβ to assist engineers cheat on technical interviews.
Cluely is worthwhile, in line with Leeβs a number of posts on X and podcast appearances.
Leeβs provocative social media presence and extremely produced controversial movies have helped to attract consideration and create model consciousness for Cluely.
In April, for instance, as Trendster beforehand reported, Cluely printed a slick however polarizing launch video of Lee utilizing a hidden AI assistant to deceive a lady about his age, and even his data of artwork, on a date at a elaborate restaurant.
Earlier this week, Cluely hoped to throw a big after-party following Y Combinatorβs AI Startup Faculty, a two-day occasion. However the police shut down the festivities after round 2,000 folks tried to enter the venue, Lee advised Trendster. After they arrived, he advised TC, βWe did some cleanup, however the drinks are all there ready for the following celebration.β
