21-year-old Roy Lee's “sees what you see, hears what you hear” invisible AI assistant — undetectable on a screen share, feeding you answers before you even ask. Launched April 20, hit $500K/mo and roughly $6M ARR in under two months, almost entirely off an in-house army of 60 creators pumping short-form video.
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Cluely is an invisible real-time AI assistant built by 21-year-old founder Roy Lee (with co-founder Neil): it watches your screen and listens to your audio, stays invisible on a screen share, and on a single keypress proactively predicts and feeds you answers — for interviews, sales calls, meetings, even dates. Founder-reported: launched April 20, hit $500K MRR (about $6M ARR) in under two months, 1M+ installs in two months, and 10,914 videos / 72M views / 500K signups in the first 60 days. Its predecessor was Interview Coder, whose heat helped raise $5M+; he was raising again at the time of the interview.
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Create free accountEmail code only. No password.Data credibility: Founder Roy Lee's own account on a podcast: launched April 20, $500K MRR within two months, roughly $6M ARR, 1M+ installs in two months, 72M views and 500K signups in the first 60 days; $5M+ raised with another round in progress. None of the numbers are independently verified ⚠️. All revenue figures are founder-reported or estimated by the video creator — unaudited.