[jordanb]

He went from being basically a failed founder of a YC company to running YC. Then rumors are that he was fired from YC and then somehow went into AI stuff from there.

He's one of those guys like Kevin Rose who seems to be able to fail upward again and again. Like every venture is a failure but the person responsible ends up being given even more responsibility and even more money. They're very common in silicon valley for some reason.

[rightbyte]

Probably some sort of self dealing among some insider group.

[riehwvfbk]

There's a guy like that who's been president once and is trying again. So the grandparent post is right: this is the American way.