‘Cheat On Everything’: 21-YO Entrepreneur Raises $5.3M For AI Cheating Tool Startup

A 21-year-old entrepreneur, Chungin “Roy” Lee, has raised $5.3 million for his startup Cluely, which provides an AI cheating tool for helping users during exams, interviews, and calls without being noticed. [Source: TechCrunch]

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The AI cheating tool 

As disclosed by Lee, he has raised $5.3 million in seed funding from Abstract Ventures and Susa Ventures for his startup, Cluely — an AI tool designed to help users “cheat on everything.”

$5 million to change the definition of the word "cheating"https://t.co/rJuDbS1eC5https://t.co/BMbBnz1fTE

— Roy (@im_roy_lee) April 21, 2025

After Lee was suspended from Columbia University for building a tool to help software engineers cheat during job interviews, he was determined to bring a cheating tool to the world.

The tool, originally called Interview Coder, is now part of Cluely, Lee’s San Francisco-based company.

It has an AI-based hidden browser window for users to “cheat” on exams, sales calls, and job interviews.

The browser window can’t be viewed by the interviewer or test giver. 

Cluely has published a manifesto comparing itself to inventions like the calculator and spellcheck, which were  which were once considered “cheating.”

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