Indian American teams up with expelled Columbia University student to build a $5.3M AI startup to ‘cheat’

What began as a suspension from an Ivy League school has turned into a multi-million-dollar startup for 21-year-old Chungin “Roy” Lee, a former computer science student at Columbia University. Lee has raised $5.3 million (approximately Rs 44.3 crore) in seed funding for his new venture, Cluely—a platform designed to quietly assist users during interviews, exams, and other high-pressure scenarios using AI.