Silicon Valley loves young founders. Until it doesn’t.

AI tools have democratized the opportunity to build, shortening the timelines of success and enabling more young people to start successful companies without stepping foot inside a Big Tech company.

Some companies want a cover letter. This one wants body art. The boss of an AI startup is eating crow after a jaw-dropping hiring gimmick blew up in his face—offering job seekers an instant interview if they permanently branded themselves with the company’s logo. Jordan Zietz, co-founder of the Y Combinator-backed Lemo

The startup LemonLime offered anyone who received a tattoo an "instant interview." asier lopez/Getty Images A Y Combinator-backed startup is catching heat for a stunt involving company-logo tattoos. LemonLime offered those who got a logo tattoo at its Startup School after-party an "instant interview." Cofounder Jordan