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The latest San Francisco startup culture drama happened on Monday night. And it centered around \u201cthe most legendary party that never happened,\u201d Cluely founder and CEO Roy Lee tells TechCrunch.<\/p>\n
Cluely had hoped to throw an after-party for a Y Combinator event occurring on Monday and Tuesday called AI Startup School<\/a>. The event drew crowds thanks to scheduled speakers like Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, and Elon Musk.<\/p>\n Cluely is an AI startup born of controversy<\/a> and rage-bait comedy marketing<\/a>. True to form, Lee posted a satirical video on X advertising his after-party. It shows him camped out by the famed Y Combinator sign \u2014 the one all the YC founders take selfies with. (Cluely is not a YC startup.)<\/p>\n The tweet advertised the party to his more than 100,000 followers and said to DM for an invite. Lee tells TechCrunch that he didn\u2019t actually send invites out to the hordes. \u201cWe only invited friends and friends of friends,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n But it became the<\/em> party, and people shared the details. When it was set to begin, so many people were standing outside<\/a> the venue that the lines wrapped around blocks. \u201cIt just blew up way out of proportion,\u201d Lee says. What looked like 2,000 people showed up, he added.<\/p>\n A party that big might have gotten out of control, but it didn\u2019t get the chance. The lines were blocking traffic, so the cops showed up and shut it down. \u201cCluely\u2019s aura is just too strong!\u201d\u00a0Lee was heard shouting outside as the cops busted it up.<\/p>\n \u201cIt would have been the most legendary party in tech history. And I would argue that the reputation of this story might just make it the most legendary party that never happened,\u201d Lee tells TechCrunch, simultaneously proud and bummed.<\/p>\n