VC realizes a founder was live-reciting AI-notetaker answers mid-pitch, revives the word 'cyranoid'
jd_pressman · x · 2026-09-18
Investor Nic Carter recounts a pitch where the founder was suspiciously polished — until he realized midway that the answers were being read verbatim from a script generated in real time by an AI notetaker. jdpressman shares the anecdote to argue that the obscure word "cyranoid" — a human voicing another agent's words — deserves a revival given how AI is now mediating real conversations.
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