'700 Indian Engineers Posed as AI': The London Startup that Took Microsoft for a Ride - BusinessToday

A kind of theater of the digital absurd where it is not the machine to simulate the man, but the man to simulate the machine

'700 Indian engineers posed as AI': The London startup that took Microsoft for a ride - BusinessToday

The unraveling began when creditor Viola Credit, which lent Builder.ai $50 million in 2023, seized $37 million from its accounts after the company defaulted.

Techrights — Links 31/05/2025: Microsoft-Connected Builder.ai is a Fraud and US is Purging Students Based on Race/Nationality

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Microsoft-backed Builder.ai accused of using Indian coders disguised as ‘AI’

Builder.ai Microsoft-backed startup faces scrutiny over claims of AI-driven development Builder.ai, a software startup once backed by Microsoft and celebrated as a revolutionary force in app development, is now under fire for allegedly misrepresenting the true nature of its technology. Despite bold claims of using artificial intelligence to automate software creation, reports suggest much of the work was actually done by human developers based i…