Cluely CEO Roy Lee admits to publicly lying about revenue numbers last year
minimaxir
18 points
5 comments
March 05, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (5 comments)
toomuchtodo
https://x.com/im_roy_lee/status/2029606868369236088 | https://archive.today/49Jbe
kay_o
Is theyre primary revenue source not ads from weirdly sexist / stereotype "joke" tiktoks ? I dont know anyone hat has ever used it before outside of these and my cohort is their target demographic -- every one person I know only knows them from the tiktoks and not their product 0: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3NKW1ISiCKk 1: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/F5k8oD8dTpw
throw03172019
Oh man. How embarrassing. The new age college dropout founders are much different than the ones 12 years ago.
recursivecaveat
> Cluely has since rebranded itself as an AI-powered meeting note-taker. In AI you either succeed or you become another tool that summarizes meeting transcripts.
danorama
Maker of lying software caught lying. Then lying about the lying. At least he’s consistent.