In the very first episode of Founders Behaving Badly, we dig into a sketchy AI edtech.
00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:40 - The AI chatbot for truancy
00:05:04 - From Harvard halls to hot water
00:06:51 - Fraud charges and pivot points
00:12:14 - Investor decks and wild claims
00:17:02 - When $5K becomes $3.7M
00:23:40 - The SVB collapse and a fake rescue
00:26:20 - Playing the consultant
00:31:02 - The final unraveling
00:36:15 - Where the money went (or didn’t)
42:18:00 - The end of free money
44:12:00 - When charisma meets crime
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May 18 202548 mins