Just months ago, Neel Shanmugam decided to drop out of his Ivy League university to forge his own path. Today, he is the ...

Founded by 21-year-old former Columbia University students Chungin“Roy” Lee and Neel Shanmugam, Cluely has raised $5.3 million in seed funding from Abstract Ventures and Susa Ventures ...

He’s been making waves on X after posting a long thread detailing the saga and how he and his co-founder, Neel Shanmugam, have now turned that product into a startup called Cluely.

Lee was suspended by the university at the end of March, and his cofounder Neel Shanmugam, who is Cluely’s COO, was also wrapped up in the disciplinary action.

Over the past few months, a 21-year-old undergraduate went from viral sensation to startup founder after getting kicked out of Columbia for creating an AI that helps you cheat. In a LinkedIn post ...