AI startup co-founder’s green card denied in major US immigration blunder; Reason – it has Apple connection

Yuchen Jin, a computer scientist and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at the AI startup Hyperbolic Labs recently faced a surprising rejection of his US green card application by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Yuchen said that the agency in its note mentioned that his work did not have “impact beyond that of Apple, Inc..” But here is the twist as the CTO mentioned in his post that “he never worked at Apple”.