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Re:Will.i.am's AI Startup hasn't paid staff in 7 weeks by vaxman on Friday October 25, 2019 @08:28PM (#21360616)
> I ask because I'm trying to understand why someone would keep working

because their H1Bs require sponsorship and because they know they are incompetent but don't want to go back to being slumdogs if they can possibly keep ripping off those who trusted them for even a little longer?

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Re:Will.i.am's AI Startup hasn't paid staff in 7 weeks by vaxman on Sunday October 27, 2019 @06:42AM (#21368918)
I love how the H1B workers downvote..truth hurts don't it.

The "team" at i.am+ was given money, offices, fame and connections --the (lack of) quality of what they put out speaks for itself (literally haha).

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