INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
In the last week, social media users have shared dozens of stories about encounters with Soham Parekh, a software engineer who seems to have
named Soham Parekh (in India) who works at 3-4 startups at the same time
share their run-ins with Parekh as well.Flo Crivello, the CEO of Lindy, a startup that helps people automate their workflows with AI, said
He said Antimetal quickly let Parekh go after they realized he was moonlighting at other companies.Parekh also seems to have worked atSync
Labs, a startup that makes an AI lip-synching tool, where he even starred in a promotional video
He was ultimately let go.At some point, Parekh applied to several Y Combinator-backed startups
Parekh a founding engineer role
NewsRoom has reached out to these companies for comment, but they did not immediately respond.It turns out that Parekh did quite well in
research engineer of the YC-backed startup Reworkd, told A Technology NewsRoom that he interviewed Parekh for a role and he was a strong
Pandey, who is no longer with the startup, says Parekh was one of the top three performers on an algorithms-focused interview they gave
candidates.Pandey said the Reworkd team suspected something was off with Parekh
At the time, Parekh told Reworkd he was in the U.S
That seems to be a common experience when dealing with Parekh.Adam Silverman, co-founder of the AI agent observability startup, Agency, told
A Technology NewsRoom his company also interviewed Parekh
Silverman said Parekh sent him a cold DM about a job opening at Agency, and they set up a meeting
Parekh had to reschedule that meeting five times, according to Silverman and emails from Parekh viewed by A Technology NewsRoom.Silverman
NewsRoom he interviewed Parekh twice for a role
Lee says Cluely did not end up hiring Parekh
Parekh claims he was not using AI tools or hiring junior software engineers to assist him with his workload
He repeated several times throughout the interview that he works 140 hours a week, which comes out to 20 hours a day, seven days a week
He claims he deferred going to a graduate school program he had been accepted to, and instead decided to work at several startups
keep a boundary between his professional and private life
However, Parekh declined to share more about it.)Parekh told the hosts he genuinely loved his work, and it was not solely about the money
to be trying to turn his viral moment into a business
Parekh announced his newest employer, which he claims to be exclusively working at: Darwin Studios, a startup working on AI video
remixing.However, Parekh quickly deleted the post after announcing it, as did the founder and CEO of the startup, Sanjit Juneja.A Technology
NewsRoom has reached out to Parekh requesting an interview regarding this article, however, he has not yet accepted
controversial, moments into businesses in the last year
One of the most famous is Cluely, which is known for creating provocative marketing campaigns
Parekh will land a similar fortune in the future.Update 8:12pm PT: This story initially cited a previous name the TBPN show went by
It has since been updated to reflect its current name.
