Soham Parekh, an Indian software engineer, is currently in the news. It is being said that Soham was working with many startups at the same time, ie Moonlighting. He is to be accused by the co-founder of an American company. Internet users are also reacting on Soham’s case and sharing memes. This issue has created panic in Silicon Valley and India’s Tech Community in America. Silicon Valley is the global center of many global tech companies and startups.
The controversy began when Suhail Doshi, the co-founder and X CEO of the US event analytics service company Mixpanel on the social media platform X, warned his fellow Entrepreneurs with Soham Parekh. He claimed that Parekh worked in 3 to 4 firms at the same time. Parekh YC i.e. Y Combinator is making companies and other companies their prey, so be careful with them. Doshi also wrote that he fired Soham in the first week and asked to stop cheating. But even after a year, Soham did not improve and did not stop doing so.
CV shared on social media
Doshi did not stop here. He shared Parekh’s CV on X and said that 90% of the claims made in it are probably fake and most of the links have disappeared. Soham Parekh’s CV is mentioned that he is a graduate from Mumbai University. He earned a master’s degree in Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2022. After the allegations, it is being ascertained how much truth is there in these claims. His CV is that he has worked in different rolls in many tech startups. Many of which are Y Combinator’s investment startups. The Y Combinator is a startup accelerator and venture capital firm. It provides seed funding and mentoring to the initial stage startups.
The owners of many companies have confirmed the hire of Parekh to their place but their tenure was not longer anywhere. Several other founders, engineers and hiring managers of Silicon Valley have also accused Parekh of taking advantage of job opportunities for personal gains.
Suham Parekh’s personality is charismatic
It is being said that Soham, very skilled and charismatic personality owners during the interview. Parekh is being described as a rich engineer of extraordinary talent. He is so talented that Soham can finish the task that other people take 3 hours to do. There is no confirmed photo in Soham Parekh’s public domain. But screenshots of zoom calls have been shared on social media.
Answer from an account named Soham Parekh
Meanwhile, a X account named @realSohamparekh has responded to this entire matter. It has been said, “A lot is being told about me right now, and most of you do not know the whole story. If there is one thing to know about me, then that is that I love to ‘build’. That’s all. I have been isolated, dismissed, dismissed, and every company has excluded that the building with which I have done with me, but I know the only thing that I know is the only thing. I am, and this is what I will keep doing. “
The post further states that Parekh has signed an exclusive founding deal to become a founding engineer in one and only one company. It is written that he was the only person ready to bet on me at this time. They are building some absolutely madness in the video AI space.