Overview

• The 23-year-old co-founder of San Francisco–based Greptile promotes 12–14-hour days under a 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six-days-a-week routine.
• He tells candidates there is no work-life balance, with Saturdays required and some Sundays, setting expectations in first interviews.
• Recent listings offer junior candidates $140,000 to $180,000 in base pay plus equity for full-time, in-office roles in San Francisco.
• His posts drew a surge of attention that he says included roughly 80% job applications and 20% hostile messages, including death threats.
• The startup, founded at Georgia Tech and rebranded from Onboard AI, has reportedly raised about $5.3 million from investors including Y Combinator, Initialized Capital and SV Angel, as the debate over grind culture resurfaces.