Actually the story starts with the X post of Place AI co-founder Suhail Doshi on July 2, where he claimed soham, Soham was working in three to four startups at the same time. After this revelation, there was a earthquake on the internet. After his post, many other startup founders or CEO confessed that Soham worked with him or he was almost to choose him for his startup.
PSA: There’s a man named Soham Parekh (In Bharat) Who Worsks at 3-4 Startups on the Identical Era. He’s been preying on YC Corporations and Extra. Beware
I Fird This Man in His First Pace and Advised Him to Cancel Mendecity / Scamming Public. He hasnless a time next. Not more excuses.
– Suhail (@Suhail) July 2, 2025
In the statement to The Verge, Soham admitted that he was doing many jobs together, but he was financially compulsion behind him. Soham said, “I don’t support it … It was not going to last much time, but I needed money.” Soham told that initially it was only related to one startup but as soon as he got the offer, he started saying yes.
According to Soham, he did not do this with any bad intentions, but believed that this method was not good. He admitted that all this was “out of control”. He also approached Suhail Doshi and said, “I like to build … I just want to make my career again.”
At the same time, soon after Doshi’s revelation, Soham also gave a given interview to TBPN, in which Soham said that he used the “Mouse Jiggler” tool so that the system looks active. Also, he had maintained a multi-screen setup from which he managed 4-5 jobs at a time.
According to TBPN, Soham earned $ 2,500 (more than 2 lakh) every day, which is about Rs 6.85 crore in a year.
Suhail Daeshi and many Y Combinator- Founders allege that Soham gave fake resumes and wrong visa status during the interview. Because of this, he was hired by many startups. Some startups found that he was missing meetings or joining two startups calls simultaneously.
Internet opinion is divided on this entire controversy. A section says that Soham did wrong and should be banned. At the same time, the second section considers it to be the result of the work-life exploitation and the US hiring flaws.
The Verge report said that Soham is now trying to start a new SAAS project again and has also sent invites to some developers. But on social media, people are being trolled by calling him “serial scammer”.
