AI startup LemonLime sparked outrage after offering company tattoos at a YC event as a shortcut to interviews — a move critics called exploitative, especially amid a tough job market. Co-founder Jordan Zietz later apologized, deleted the post, clarified tattoos weren’t mandatory, and offered free removal — but the damage was done: the stunt backfired as a symbol of corporate overreach, not innovation.

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