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‘This Game Is Rigged’: Indian-Origin Berkeley Graduate Experiments with Fake Founder Persona, Fools 27 Investors Using Buzzwords

Summary by The Economic Times
UC Berkeley graduate Bhavye Khetan sparked debate by posing as a fake founder with no product or plan. By using buzzwords like “Stanford,” “Palantir,” and “AI,” he drew responses from 27 of 34 venture capitalists. His experiment exposed how superficial signals often trump substance in the startup world, prompting both applause and ethical concerns online.
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Oakland News Online Oakland News Now Blog broke the news in on Wednesday, June 4, 2025.
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