AI tool that helps cheat tests raises $5.3M

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 Posted by bloggerdaddy

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Welcome to TechCrunch AM! This morning, we're looking at how a college student turned a suspension into opportunity; a startup that helps brands automate engagement; Flipkart returning its HQ to India; Rivian's AI push; another health startup; Chatbot Arena's problems; and more. Let's go!

TechCrunch Top 3

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1. Pumpkin eater: 21-year-old Columbia student Chungin "Roy" Lee has raised $5.3 million for his startup Cluely that offers an invisible AI tool to help you "cheat on everything." The startup was born after Lee got suspended when he and his co-founder developed and shared a tool to help students cheat on software engineer job interviews. Great banter. Read More

2. Chat away: Manychat is helping creators and businesses manage and automate conversations and engagement across multiple messaging channels. After strong, sustainable growth, the company has raised $140 million in a Series B round led by Summit Partners to bring more AI to the platform. Read More

3. It's an app-eat-app world: An internal email surfaced in the Meta antitrust trial showed that Mark Zuckerberg apparently hemmed and hawed that acquiring Instagram would cannibalize Facebook, leading to the "network collapse of the more engaging and profitable product." Read More

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Morning Must-Reads

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🇪🇺 Bienvenue, GPT Search: ChatGPT Search is growing quickly in Europe, clocking an average of 41.3 million monthly active users in the six months ended March 31. That's up nearly 4x from the same time last year. Read More

🛍️ Flipping back: Walmart-owned Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart is preparing to move its headquarters back to India from Singapore as it prepares to file for an IPO on an Indian stock exchange. Read More

🔋 EVs + AI: Rivian has elected Aidan Gomez, co-founder and CEO of generative AI startup Cohere, to its board. Rivian has been pushing itself as a software leader as well as an off-roading eco warrior, so Gomez's appointment is a sign that the EV maker is bullish on AI. Read More

🧐 The problem with crowdsourcing: AI benchmarking platforms like Chatbot Arena use crowdsourcing to probe the strengths and weaknesses of the latest AI models. But experts say this approach leads AI labs to promote "exaggerated claims" that aren't based in construct validity. Read More

🩸 Theranos flashbacks: A startup called Superpower claims to have a super-app for super health. For $499, the startup says it will test your blood twice a year to give you a more comprehensive look at your physical health than a standard physical. Based on the results and other information, the app will give you an action plan to help you better control your health. Read More

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Around the Web

💔 Too big for its own good: The DOJ argued before a judge that Google should be forced to divest its Chrome web browser to break up its monopoly on internet search, reports The Washington Post. Google said that remedy was "extreme" and "fundamentally flawed." Read More

🔨 Cracking down: Microsoft is adding new policies and tools to let its managers dial up performance pressure on employees, reports Business Insider. The tools are apparently designed to help "swiftly address low performance." Read More

🤖 STEM with a capital T: The Washington Post reports that the Trump admin is considering an executive order that would create a policy to integrate AI into K-12 education. Federal agencies would be instructed to train students in using AI and incorporate the tech into teaching-related tasks. Read More

Before You Go

🤳 In denial? A Pew Research study found that teens think social media is good for them because it's a space for expression and connecting with friends. While nearly 50% teens said social media had a negative impact on people their age, only 14% think it negatively impacts them personally. Ah, to have an underdeveloped frontal lobe. Read More