Soham Parekh joins Darwin Studios after Silicon Valley backlash for moonlighting – The Economic Times

Soham Parekh introduced he’s becoming a member of AI startup Darwin Studios completely, after going through heavy backlash from Silicon Valley over his moonlighting actions. Parekh, who had been working concurrently for not less than 5 firms, stated monetary hardships pushed him to juggle a number of jobs.

“I’m not pleased with what I did,” Parekh advised US expertise present TBPN in his first interview because the controversy erupted. He clarified that he managed the work himself with out using junior builders, including, “I want I had the cash.”

He additionally denied utilizing AI for his work, stating that he began juggling jobs in 2022 “earlier than the CoPilot increase”.

The scandal erupted when Playground AI founder Suhail Doshi warned startups on X (previously Twitter), saying, “There’s a man named Soham Parekh (in India) who works at 3-4 startups on the similar time. He’s been preying on YC firms and extra. Beware.” YC refers to startup accelerator Y Combinator.

Parekh was fired from a number of roles, and recruiters flagged him as a dangerous candidate. Later, Parekh introduced he would be part of Sanjit Juneja’s Darwin Studios as a founding engineer to construct Wayve, an AI video remixing platform. Juneja endorsed Parekh, calling him a “10x engineer” who now has “one thing even better to show than simply his love for software program.”

His story has once more fueled heated debates throughout tech circles about distant work oversight and the ethics of moonlighting. Some have criticised Parekh harshly, calling his actions fraudulent. Others have argued the incident displays deeper cracks within the startup tradition’s relentless demand for productiveness and hustle.