Developer Accused of Defrauding YC Companies Through Simultaneous Employment Scheme

Mixpanel co-founder Suhail Doshi has publicly accused an Indian developer of simultaneously working at multiple startups under false pretenses. Doshi posted on X that Soham Parekh works at '3-4 startups at the same time' and has been 'preying on YC companies.' (YC, or Y Combinator, is a popular startup accelerator and venture capital firm.)

Doshi fired Parekh within a week at his company Playground AI and warned him to stop the practice, but said Parekh continued a year later. Parekh's resume lists positions at Dynamo AI, Union AI, Synthesia, and Alan AI, along with degrees from the University of Mumbai and Georgia Institute of Technology. Doshi called the CV 'probably 90% fake and most links are gone.' Several other startup founders confirmed they had either hired Parekh in the past, or had been approached by him. Nicolai Ouporov of Fleet AI said Parekh 'works at more than 4 startups at any given time.' Justin Harvey of AIVideo said he nearly hired Parekh, who 'crushed the interview.' Doshi said he corroborated the account with more than six companies before posting publicly.

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