San Francisco AI初创公司LemonLime的CEO Jordan Zietz因在YC Startup School派对上提供纹上公司logo以换取面试机会的活动而陷入争议。[1]该活动吸引了7人参与纹身。[1]
Zietz最初在LinkedIn上为这一招聘创意辩护，声称"我们大胆、冒险、做前所未有的事"。[1]然而随后他在X平台发表公开道歉，承认"将个性化艺术庆祝变成公司噱头是判断力不当"。[1]Zietz承诺支付参与者的纹身去除服务费用。[1]
但对于活动的具体情况，各方陈述出现矛盾。参与者Dimple Amitha Garuadapuri在X上发文称"几乎所有人都纹了LemonLime logo纹身"，与Zietz关于参与者主动选择的说法不符。[1]LemonLime是Y Combinator毕业公司，曾获得50万美元投资。[1]
Jordan Zietz, CEO of San Francisco-based AI startup LemonLime, sparked controversy after offering job seekers the opportunity to get the company logo tattooed in exchange for immediate interview opportunities at a Y Combinator Startup School event [1]. Seven participants took part in the tattoo activity [1].
Following backlash, Zietz posted an apology on X, characterizing the incident as a lapse in judgment and stating, "turning personalized artistic celebration into a corporate gimmick was poor judgment" [1]. He pledged to cover the cost of tattoo removal services for participants [1]. However, his account of events contradicted that of participant Dimple Amitha Garuadapuri, who posted on X that "nearly everyone got the LemonLime logo tattoo," suggesting broader participation than Zietz's framing implied [1].
In an earlier LinkedIn post, Zietz had framed the initiative positively, writing "we are bold, we take risks, we do things no one has done before" [1]. LemonLime, a Y Combinator graduate company, has raised $500,000 in funding [1].