Amelia Bartholomew

I worship the Goddess of Everything Else.

DM me info about fraud or malfeasance at tech companies.

[Amelia Bartholomew @AmeliaBarty]

Talk to any ex-Perplexity employee (there’s so many because of their ridiculously high turnover), and they’ll tell you the same thing:

Aravind is *obsessed* with Twitter/X

He literally spends 90% of his time thinking about how to get twitter engagement instead of running his company

Supposedly this has been a key point of tension between him and cofounders Denis + Johnny, who effectively run the company in his stead

The obsession sorta makes sense though, given that the only reason Perplexity exists is they happened to ride a viral twitter wave in 2023/24 and have been floundering ever since

[Nikita Bier @nikitabier]

@perplexity_ai Can you please stop the undisclosed promotion campaigns? It deceives users and it does not reflect well on your company or your integrity. @AravSrinivas

https://t.co/dwRA3EQ1Mb

[Amelia Bartholomew @AmeliaBarty]

@SalehOfTomorrow yup

[Amelia Bartholomew @AmeliaBarty]

@blablakarl123 @specialkdelslay indeed

[Amelia Bartholomew @AmeliaBarty]

One hilarious sentence that perfectly encapsulates what the venture capital game is all about

Ben Spector - founder of Flapping Airplanes - and Michael Truell - founder of Cursor - are longtime friends who went to the same private high school

Cursor bailout of Flappy is coming soon, don’t say I didn’t tell you

Never forget: it’s all a big club, and you’re not in it

[Amelia Bartholomew @AmeliaBarty]

@specialkdelslay yup it’s sad but true

[Amelia Bartholomew @AmeliaBarty]

@augustradjoe yup, it’s the way the world works

[Amelia Bartholomew @AmeliaBarty]

@rmcwhorter99 what do you think is the sentiment i’m expressing?

[Amelia Bartholomew @AmeliaBarty]

@archiemckenzie_ think harder

[Amelia Bartholomew @AmeliaBarty]

@jamiequint https://t.co/nLzhGlIh70

[Amelia Bartholomew @AmeliaBarty]

@MartinShkreli of course they’re smart! ben spector created thunderkittens!

smart people are a dime a dozen in silicon valley

but not everyone gets a $180M of our pension money to play around with

[Amelia Bartholomew @AmeliaBarty]

@jamiequint not claiming it’s a conspiracy, we just need to be able to talk about this stuff like it is

yes, their team is smart! and yes, they are also peak nepo!

[Amelia Bartholomew @AmeliaBarty]

@MartinShkreli of course they’re smart! ben spector created thunderkittens!

smart people are a dime a dozen in silicon valley

but not everyone gets a $180M of our pension money to play around with

[Amelia Bartholomew @AmeliaBarty]

@FangYi11101 The dad was also VP of Research at Google, and Google Ventures led their round lmao

[Amelia Bartholomew @AmeliaBarty]

Oh and don’t forget - Ben Spector is nepo

His dad is this guy:

[Amelia Bartholomew @AmeliaBarty]

One hilarious sentence that perfectly encapsulates what the venture capital game is all about

Ben Spector - founder of Flapping Airplanes - and Michael Truell - founder of Cursor - are longtime friends who went to the same private high school

Cursor bailout of Flappy is coming soon, don’t say I didn’t tell you

Never forget: it’s all a big club, and you’re not in it

[Amelia Bartholomew @AmeliaBarty]

@mickeyxfriedman what makes you say that?

[Amelia Bartholomew @AmeliaBarty]

@MartinShkreli you don’t think calling out the old boys’ club is a good thing?

funny coming from you, i thought it was backroom deals by the prosecutors that did you in

[Amelia Bartholomew @AmeliaBarty]

@catboosted nothing wrong with being nepo!

i’m just pulling back the veil that hides the gears of the machine

[Amelia Bartholomew @AmeliaBarty]

@ouro_bouros12 not surprised, just promoting transparency

[Amelia Bartholomew @AmeliaBarty]

“Benjamin Spector (coincidentally, son of Two Sigma's chief technology officer, Alfred Z. Spector)”

gee, what a coincidence!

[Amelia Bartholomew @AmeliaBarty]

https://t.co/IU9cUG0s6Z

[Amelia Bartholomew @AmeliaBarty]

Oh and don’t forget - Ben Spector is nepo

His dad is this guy:

[Amelia Bartholomew @AmeliaBarty]

Read this

[Archimedes @Archimedes20311]

On drugs bro. Their platform blows