{"id":678554,"date":"2025-07-04T11:25:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T08:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/who-is-soham-parekh-the-serial-moonlighter-silicon-valley-startups-cant-stop-hiring\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T11:25:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T08:25:13","slug":"who-is-soham-parekh-the-serial-moonlighter-silicon-valley-startups-cant-stop-hiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/who-is-soham-parekh-the-serial-moonlighter-silicon-valley-startups-cant-stop-hiring\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Soham Parekh, the serial moonlighter Silicon Valley startups can&#8217;t stop hiring?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4126774fcc9\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4126774fcc9\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/who-is-soham-parekh-the-serial-moonlighter-silicon-valley-startups-cant-stop-hiring\/#Origins_of_virality\" >Origins of virality<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/who-is-soham-parekh-the-serial-moonlighter-silicon-valley-startups-cant-stop-hiring\/#Parekhs_perspective\" >Parekh\u2019s perspective<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/who-is-soham-parekh-the-serial-moonlighter-silicon-valley-startups-cant-stop-hiring\/#What_now\" >What now?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> users have shared dozens of stories about encounters with Soham Parekh, a software engineer who seems to have been simultaneously working at multiple Silicon Valley startups \u2014 unbeknownst to the companies \u2014 for the last several years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But who is Parekh, how did he pull off his career as a serial moonlighter, and why can\u2019t Silicon Valley get enough of him?<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-origins-of-virality\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Origins_of_virality\"><\/span>Origins of virality<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The saga all started when Suhail Doshi \u2014 CEO of image generation startup <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/playground.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Playground AI<\/a> \u2014 shared a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Suhail\/status\/1940287384131969067\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">post Tuesday on X<\/a> that began: \u201cPSA: there\u2019s a guy named Soham Parekh (in India) who works at 3-4 startups at the same time. He\u2019s been preying on YC companies and more. Beware.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Doshi claims that, roughly a year ago, he fired Parekh from Playground AI after he found out he was working at other companies. \u201c[I] told him to stop lying\/scamming people. He hasn\u2019t stopped a year later,\u201d Doshi wrote.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">PSA: there\u2019s a guy named Soham Parekh (in India) who works at 3-4 startups at the same time. He\u2019s been preying on YC companies and more. Beware.<\/p>\n<p>I fired this guy in his first week and told him to stop lying \/ scamming people. He hasn\u2019t stopped a year later. No more excuses.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Suhail (@Suhail) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Suhail\/status\/1940287384131969067?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That post from Doshi received roughly 20 million views and prompted several other founders to share their run-ins with Parekh as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flo Crivello, the CEO of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lindy.ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Lindy<\/a>, a startup that helps people automate their workflows with AI, said <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Altimor\/status\/1940432517586374670\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">he hired Parekh in recent weeks<\/a>, but fired him in light of Doshi\u2019s tweet.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Holy shit. We hired this guy a week ago. Fired this morning. He did so incredibly well in interviews, must have a lot of training. Careful out there. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XP33febCYs\">https:\/\/t.co\/XP33febCYs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Flo Crivello (@Altimor) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Altimor\/status\/1940432517586374670?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matt Parkhurst, the CEO of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/antimetal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Antimetal<\/a>, a startup that uses AI to cut down on enterprises\u2019 cloud spending, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mprkhrst\/status\/1940443347581337925\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">confirmed that Parekh was the company\u2019s first engineering hire<\/a> in 2022. He said Antimetal quickly let Parekh go after they realized he was moonlighting at other companies.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Funnily enough, Soham was our first engineering hire in 2022<\/p>\n<p>Really smart and likable; enjoyed working with him<\/p>\n<p>We realized pretty quickly that he was working at multiple companies and let him go<\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t imagine the amount of equity he\u2019s left on the table <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vXGlHxF1QH\">https:\/\/t.co\/vXGlHxF1QH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt (@mprkhrst) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mprkhrst\/status\/1940443347581337925?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parekh <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tair\/status\/1940554193884074098\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">also seems to have worked at<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sync.so\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Sync Labs<\/a>, a startup that makes an AI lip-synching tool, where he even starred in a promotional video. He was ultimately let go.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At some point, Parekh <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lied to several Y Combinator-backed startups. Haz Hubble, the co-founder of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pally.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Pally AI<\/a>, a Y Combinator-backed startup building an \u201cAI relationship management platform,\u201d says he <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hazhubble\/status\/1940498840597242152\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">offered Parekh a founding engineer role<\/a>. Adish Jain, the co-founder of YC-backed <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/usemosaic.ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Mosaic<\/a> \u2014 an AI video editing startup \u2014 said he <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/_adishj\/status\/1940293414878421400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">interviewed Parekh<\/a> for a role, too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TechCrunch has reached out to these companies for comment, but they did not immediately respond.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">something weird about when we offered soham\u2026<\/p>\n<p>he was very pro-equity vs salary<\/p>\n<p>like dramatically so<\/p>\n<p>maybe because he knows that\u2019s what founders wanna hear? <\/p>\n<p>but it doesn\u2019t fit with trying to earn as much money as possible if he knows he\u2019s gonna get fired shortly after <\/p>\n<p>i\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Haz Hubble (@hazhubble) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hazhubble\/status\/1940498840597242152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It turns out that Parekh did quite well in many of these interviews and received offers, largely because he\u2019s a gifted software engineer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For instance, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/khoomeik\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Rohan Pandey<\/a>, a founding research engineer of the YC-backed startup Reworkd, told TechCrunch that he interviewed Parekh for a role and he was a strong candidate. Pandey, who is no longer with the startup, says Parekh was one of the top three performers on an algorithms-focused interview they gave candidates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pandey said the Reworkd team suspected something was off with Parekh. At the time, Parekh told Reworkd he was in the U.S. \u2014 a requirement for the job \u2014 but the company didn\u2019t believe him. They <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/khoomeik\/status\/1940576509980479745\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ran an IP logger on a Zoom link<\/a> from Parekh and located him in India.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">omg just remembered my fav soham parekh story<\/p>\n<p>call 1: says he\u2019s in US but we suspect he\u2019s in india<br \/>call 2: we call his bs, he admits \u201cwas in india last week to visit family, but now back in US\u201d<br \/>call 3: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/asimdotshrestha?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@asimdotshrestha<\/a> puts an IP logger on zoom link and it shows up in mumbai \ud83d\udc80 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Skclonmtx2\">https:\/\/t.co\/Skclonmtx2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rohan Pandey (@khoomeik) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/khoomeik\/status\/1940576509980479745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pandey recalled other things Parekh said often didn\u2019t add up, and some of his GitHub contributions and previous roles didn\u2019t quite make sense either. That seems to be a common experience when dealing with Parekh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AtomSilverman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Adam Silverman<\/a>, co-founder of the AI agent observability startup, Agency, told TechCrunch his company also interviewed Parekh. Silverman said Parekh sent him a cold DM about a job opening at Agency, and they set up a meeting. Parekh had to reschedule that meeting five times, according to Silverman and emails from Parekh viewed by TechCrunch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Silverman says he was also impressed by Parekh\u2019s technical ability, but in the interview, he insisted on working remotely. Much like with Reworkd, that was a red flag for Agency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roy Lee, the CEO of the \u201ccheat on everything\u201d AI startup, Cluely, tells TechCrunch he interviewed Parekh twice for a role. Lee said Parekh interviews quite well and \u201cseemed to have strong react knowledge,\u201d referencing a popular JavaScript library for building user interfaces. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lee says Cluely did not end up hiring Parekh. However, several other companies clearly did.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-parekh-s-perspective\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Parekhs_perspective\"><\/span>Parekh\u2019s perspective<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parekh made an appearance on the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technology<\/a> Business Programming Network (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tbpn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">TBPN<\/a>) on Thursday to tell co-hosts John Coogan and Jordi Hays his side of the story and explain why he\u2019s worked at so many companies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He admitted that he\u2019s been working at multiple jobs simultaneously since 2022. Parekh claims he was not using AI tools or hiring junior software engineers to assist him with his workload. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All that work has made Parekh a much better programmer, he believes, but notes that it\u2019s taken a toll. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TBPN | Thursday, July 3rd\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EGXyKYWjaG8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parekh said he\u2019s notorious among his friends for not sleeping. He repeated several times throughout the interview that he works 140 hours a week, which comes out to 20 hours a day, seven days a week. That seems to be borderline impossible \u2014 or at the very least, extremely unhealthy and unsustainable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parekh also said he took multiple jobs because he was in \u201cfinancial jeopardy,\u201d implying he needed all the income he could get from his various employers. He claims he deferred going to a graduate school program he had been accepted to, and instead decided to work at several startups simultaneously. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Notably, Doshi shared a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Suhail\/status\/1940294149955358882\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">copy of Parekh\u2019s resum\u00e9<\/a> that claims he received a masters degree from Georgia Institute of Technology.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When TBPN\u2019s co-hosts asked why Parekh didn\u2019t just ask one company to raise his salary and help with his financial struggles, Parekh said he liked to keep a boundary between his professional and private life. (But he had also opted for low salaries and high equity at all his jobs, which doesn\u2019t quite add up with his financial crisis story. However, Parekh declined to share more about it.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parekh told the hosts he genuinely loved his work, and it was not solely about the money. He says he was very invested in the missions of all the companies where he worked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also admitted that he\u2019s not proud of what he\u2019s done, and he doesn\u2019t endorse it.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-now\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_now\"><\/span>What now?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some are calling Parekh a scam artist and a liar, but in classic Silicon Valley fashion, Parekh appears to be trying to turn his viral moment into a business. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parekh announced his newest employer, which he claims to be exclusively working at: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/darwin_studios\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Darwin Studios<\/a>, a startup working on AI video remixing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Parekh <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Prashant_1722\/status\/1940837995084648462\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">quickly deleted the post after announcing it<\/a>, as did the founder and CEO of the startup, Sanjit Juneja.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TechCrunch has reached out to Parekh requesting an interview regarding this article, however, he has not yet accepted. Instead, a spokesperson representing him sent TechCrunch a statement from Darwin\u2019s CEO.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSoham is an incredibly talented engineer and we believe in his abilities to help bring our products to market,\u201d said Juneja.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019ve seen countless startups turn their viral, often controversial, moments into businesses in the last year. One of the most famous is Cluely, which is known for creating provocative marketing campaigns. It\u2019s rage bait, but it\u2019s attention-grabbing, and it was enough to land Cluely a $15 million seed round from Andreessen Horowitz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps Parekh will land a similar fortune in the future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Update 8:12pm PT: This story initially cited a previous name the TBPN show went by. It has since been updated to reflect its current name.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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