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🇰🇷 Chungin “Roy” Lee
🧠 From Academic Scandal to Tech Disruptor
As a student, Lee built his own AI tool to cheat in job interviews. During an Amazon internship interview, his app secretly photographed tasks, solved them with AI, and delivered the answers in real time.
Columbia University promptly expelled him.
His response? He turned the controversy into millions in seed funding to start his own company.
Company motto: “Cheat on everything.”
Today, his firm Cluely is a leading provider of AI-powered augmentation tools that discreetly assist users in sensitive situations like exams or sales pitches.
👉 Lesson learned: Every crisis can be an opportunity. You don’t have to be everybody’s darling to succeed. Many revolutionaries were controversial and faced pushback — but that only fueled them further.
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