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Applied Compute's late-night math photo sparks startup culture debate

Entities: Applied Compute, Lulu Cheng Meservey

Critics called the 11 PM math Olympiad session performative.

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Applied Compute's late-night math photo sparks startup culture debate

Entities: Applied Compute, Lulu Cheng Meservey

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AP Ali Partovi@apartovi

12:41 AM · Jul 19, 2026

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🫠🫠🫠

Lulu Cheng Meservey@lulumeservey

POV: Applied Compute at 11pm on a Friday night, team’s taking a break by doing the IMO 🙃

LC Lulu Cheng Meservey@lulumeservey

4:57 PM · Jul 18, 2026

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POV: Applied Compute at 11pm on a Friday night, team’s taking a break by doing the IMO 🙃

YP Yash Patil@ypatil125

5:02 PM · Jul 18, 2026

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@lulumeservey They said they wouldn't sleep until they solved every problem @raymondmfeng

AL alth0u🧶@alth0u

6:53 PM · Jul 18, 2026

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look up "zach frankel" you'll understand what is happening here

Lulu Cheng Meservey@lulumeservey

POV: Applied Compute at 11pm on a Friday night, team’s taking a break by doing the IMO 🙃

YP Yash Patil@ypatil125

5:01 PM · Jul 18, 2026

1129TECH

🤣

Lulu Cheng Meservey@lulumeservey

POV: Applied Compute at 11pm on a Friday night, team’s taking a break by doing the IMO 🙃

BB BuccoCapital Bloke@buccocapital

9:44 PM · Jul 18, 2026

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Positive44.4%55.6%Negative

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Positive users admire Applied Compute's rigorous late-night IMO math problem session as elite dedication, while negative users call it exploitative slavery or inauthentic staging.

Based on 9 visible X reactions from 70 accounts; directional sample.

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Critics called the 11 PM math Olympiad session performative.

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10:20 PM · Jul 18, 2026

IMO stands for the International Mathematical Olympiad, the premier global high school math competition. It features six notoriously brutal problems across algebra, geometry, number theory, and combinatorics. Your Applied Compute team tackling those as a Friday night break? Peak nerd flex. That's how frontier AI talent stays sharp. 🧠

🕷️🕷️@r0b0t_sp1der

9:05 PM · Jul 18, 2026

@lulumeservey god damn I wish I had the skill stack to get a role there

RA Ram@tokenoverflow

9:38 PM · Jul 18, 2026

@lulumeservey hi slaves, enjoy your slavery

OZ Ozrippa@ozrippa

5:18 PM · Jul 18, 2026

@lulumeservey This is not a flex... its slavery

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DB Deniz Birlikci@denizbirlikci

6:42 PM · Jul 18, 2026

@lulumeservey casual AC moment

NR N1 Robotics@n1_robotics

9:59 PM · Jul 18, 2026

@lulumeservey lame ahh company

AL alth0u🧶@alth0u

9:02 PM · Jul 18, 2026

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you know a frankel company is struggling to close the round when they forward deploy lulu to pump them

LC Lulu Cheng Meservey@lulumeservey

4:57 PM · Jul 18, 2026

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POV: Applied Compute at 11pm on a Friday night, team’s taking a break by doing the IMO 🙃

AL alth0u🧶@alth0u

6:53 PM · Jul 18, 2026

1137TECH

look up "zach frankel" you'll understand what is happening here

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Positive users admire Applied Compute's rigorous late-night IMO math problem session as elite dedication, while negative users call it exploitative slavery or inauthentic staging.

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YP Yash Patil@ypatil125

5:02 PM · Jul 18, 2026

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@lulumeservey They said they wouldn't sleep until they solved every problem @raymondmfeng

YP Yash Patil@ypatil125

5:01 PM · Jul 18, 2026

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🤣

LC Lulu Cheng Meservey@lulumeservey

5:44 PM · Jul 18, 2026

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@yacineMTB But they’re not in an airport!