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Re: Ask HN: Why is there some sort of a scam website being advertised on HN?

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Post by pseudalopex »

Aurornis wrote: post #27
eggbrain wrote: post #18

Gauntlet AI I believe is correlated originally with Lambda School (YC S17). YC founders I believe are able to post job postings on Hacker News, although this might stretch the definition a bit...

Austen Allred started GauntletAI after his Lambda School bootcamp (now BloomTech) was fined, banned from participating in lending activities, and became too toxic to escape their old brand. It's not clear to me why he gets to post privileged ads on Hacker News. Is GauntletAI a division of BloomTech, and therefore considered a YC portfolio company? These aren't even job ads. GauntletAI is a recruiting play. They make…

Gauntlet AI was a mask of BloomTech initially at least.[1]

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42761972

Re: Ask HN: Why is there some sort of a scam website being advertised on HN?

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Post by sangupta »

I can vouch that this is not a scam. My wife enrolled with them and went through the first weeks of their program, though she couldn't complete due to some exigency. They were trained on how to vibe-code, and then asked to build complex apps using AI with all the costs borne by Gauntlet. Her friends did fly to Austin and went through the complete program.

Re: Ask HN: Why is there some sort of a scam website being advertised on HN?

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #3

Tell HN: Gauntlet AI Is BloomTech/Lambda School - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42761972 - January 2025 (8 comments) Gauntlet AI is an intensive 12-week AI training - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42759459 - January 2025 (6 comments) Gauntlet AI – An intensive 12-week AI training - Automatic $200k/yr job - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42410277 - December 2024 (2 comments) https://hn.algolia.com/…

This looks like an unrepentant scammer.

It's kind of upsetting, for me to see these, because they prey on folks that are out of work, or afraid they will be out of work.

I guess it makes money (from desperate people), so I guess that it's "legit," as far as this site goes?

I have a problem with folks that scam desperate people (because of the extracurricular work that I do), but hey, I guess I'm in the minority.

Re: Ask HN: Why is there some sort of a scam website being advertised on HN?

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Post by yva_kholo »

gamblor956 wrote: post #9
site-packages1 wrote: post #2

Very weird I cannot flag it. It's definitely a scam. Normally one cannot flag ads. Did HN pay for this advertisement? Is this a YC company? I really doubt they would be funding a company like this.

YC funds a lot of dodgy companies these days.

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Re: Ask HN: Why is there some sort of a scam website being advertised on HN?

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Post by tequila_shot »

pseudalopex wrote: post #30
tequila_shot wrote: post #23

sending a ping to /dang - is this post expected to be where it is at? @dang Alright, the post is down now.

Send it to hn@ycombinator.com.[1] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Re: Ask HN: Why is there some sort of a scam website being advertised on HN?

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Post by mystraline »

fragmede wrote: post #12
site-packages1 wrote: post #2

Very weird I cannot flag it. It's definitely a scam. Normally one cannot flag ads. Did HN pay for this advertisement? Is this a YC company? I really doubt they would be funding a company like this.

[flagged]

"Yet you participate in society. Curious!

I am very intelligent! "

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Re: Ask HN: Why is there some sort of a scam website being advertised on HN?

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Post by jddj »

sangupta wrote: post #32

I can vouch that this is not a scam. My wife enrolled with them and went through the first weeks of their program, though she couldn't complete due to some exigency. They were trained on how to vibe-code, and then asked to build complex apps using AI with all the costs borne by Gauntlet. Her friends did fly to Austin and went through the complete program.

...and are all now on 200k, right?

Re: Ask HN: Why is there some sort of a scam website being advertised on HN?

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Post by ofjcihen »

fragmede wrote: post #12
site-packages1 wrote: post #2

Very weird I cannot flag it. It's definitely a scam. Normally one cannot flag ads. Did HN pay for this advertisement? Is this a YC company? I really doubt they would be funding a company like this.

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This is an incredibly confusing take.

Re: Ask HN: Why is there some sort of a scam website being advertised on HN?

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Post by pseudalopex »

site-packages1 wrote: post #2

Very weird I cannot flag it. It's definitely a scam. Normally one cannot flag ads. Did HN pay for this advertisement? Is this a YC company? I really doubt they would be funding a company like this.

> Is this a YC company? I really doubt they would be funding a company like this.

Gauntlet AI was a mask of BloomTech initially at least.[1] BloomTech was a mask of Lambda School. Y Combinator funded Lambda School.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42761972

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