Startup trained an AI clone on a guy's posts, made it a 30% cofounder
IgorCarron · x · 2026-10-11
A blogger received a LinkedIn message from a startup founder saying the company used his posts to train an AI clone and registered it as a cofounder holding 30% equity.
Even wilder: investors want cameras on for Thursday's call, and he was asked to join and act as a "meat proxy," reading whatever the AI tells him to say.
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