After criticizing DeepSeek for disrespectful interviewing practices, Huawei's "genius youth" Li Bojie is accused by a former investor of "taking money and disappearing."
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According to Odaily Odaily, Du Jun, co-founder of Web3 venture capital firm ABCDE, previously publicly accused Li Bojie of lacking a sense of contract and sued Li Bojie and his partner Zhuang Siyuan for refusing to fulfill their contractual obligations to synchronize financial and business progress after receiving investment from ABCDE during the founding of Metagent in 2024, and subsequently disappearing without a trace. In response, Li Bojie stated, "The investment agreement stipulated that ABCDE Capital would invest $1.5 million, but only $500,000 was actually received, with the remaining $1 million still outstanding. The company's cap table still records the institution's equity based on a $1.5 million share. Due to the delayed investment, he and his co-founders voluntarily reduced their salaries, and the company faced difficulties in recruitment and R&D. In October 2024, due to personal family reasons preventing him from leaving mainland China, and because Web3 projects were non-compliant, he resigned from Metagent, with board approval. He stated that until his departure, as CTO and co-founder, he had consistently fulfilled his responsibilities by disclosing the cap table and business status on time, and in accordance with the non-compete clause in the agreement, his subsequent entrepreneurial projects intentionally avoided areas such as Web3, AI infrastructure, and image generation."
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