[andrewingram]

My reading of the article suggest the "co-founder" title was a late addition to the author's responsibilities, and not a co-founder in the "starting a company together" sense.

[PragmaticPulp]

Regardless, he identifies himself as a co-founder and took the co-founder responsibilities during the time period this article describes.

[mst]

He was still on a freelance contract.

He was given the title but not a real co-founder position, which frankly was a giant red flag itself.

[yebyen]

If 85% of the company has left suddenly and your tenure predates the exodus and you are still there in anything remotely close to a leadership position, it's "congrats you are now a late co-founder."

You are reading too much into the title.