The SF Startup Purity Test

The SF Startup Purity Test

Quantify how tech-bro/startup pilled you are with one test.

Instructions: Click on every item you have done. Your SF Startup Purity Score will be calculated at the end.

Caution: This is not a bucket list. Completion of all items will likely result in becoming unemployable, or a VC.

1.Lied to a venture capital investor about your startup2.Rebranded your startup to be Cursor or Lovable for [X]3.Worked from a coffee shop and bought one drink in 4 hours4.Showed someone your Notion / Excel CRM on a first date5.Used citizenship or O-1/Green Card approval as a dating credential6.Got really into DJing and fashion this year as your 'founder hobby'7.Switched between ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, then back again8.Took meetings at Blue Bottle or Café Reveille to feel inspired9.Self-liked all your tweets shamelessly10.'Ten is for Tenderloin' - have you spent > 2 hours there11.One of your Hinge photos is your fundraise announcement post12.Attended NeurIPS out of pure FOMO13.Got a free Eightsleep from Rho14.Forked/based your entire AI startup on an open source repo15.Worn YC merch in public as a status symbol16.Got classified as ‘technically lite’17.Bumped into a cult of Australians in Hayes Valley18.Didn’t bring any food to a potluck19.Used Twitter/X to find your situationship20.Had a situationship with an emotionally unavailable founder21.Posted a hiking pic on X (Tahoe or Marin) captioned: SF I am in you22.Applied to YC 5+ times then posted about it23.Led someone on solely to get a YC referral24.Pretended you didn’t apply to YC (but you did)25.Took Zyns like popping candy26.Got really into Adderall27.Went to a party you were waitlisted for and got rejected at the door28.Lived with a cofounder or manager29.Attended a VC-sponsored dinner where all founders had $0 ARR30.Paid over $3,000/month for a studio apartment31.Found a roommate on Twitter and later regretted it32.Revenue-traded with other YC founders33.Attended a performative male or look alike contest34.Attended a hackathon where everyone was a 19-year-old Waterloo grad35.Had a strong opinion on the best burrito in the Mission36.Went on a date where one of you talked about their startup the whole time37.Went on a date where you tried to hire them (or vice versa)38.Had Sweetgreen three days a week next to startup HQ39.Pivoted to a note-taker app or data labeling company40.Tried to launch UGC with ABGs41.Launched a viral launch video on X and DM’d all your friends to like it42.Became a cinematic video-filming company43.Made a relationship decision using ChatGPT44.Met a VC at that same potluck randomly and had them angel invest45.Had your car broken into more than once46.Attended an AI house party / boiler room where no one danced47.Reply-guyed a Twitter e-girl and somehow converted them48.Took ashwagandha, felt nothing, and kept taking it anyway49.Slept at the office or a coworking space 'just for the night'50.Had a public meltdown on Twitter/X about SF or dating51.Had a fling with a Series A+ founder for the plot52.Pitched your startup at a party and actually closed a deal53.Pitched your startup again at the same party and got a date54.Quit a job dramatically via Slack55.Took a viral pic in front of a YC sign as a cute Asian girl56.Filmed a viral TikTok at a hacker house party57.Microdosed at work and regretted it (maybe)58.Left SF dramatically saying you’d never come back59.…then came back60.Missed a demo or pitch because the Wi-Fi went down in SF61.Asked for a coffee catchup and showed up at the wrong location62.Got banned from Hinge for running an AI algorithm on it63.Got ghosted by someone who 'got too busy with their fundraise'64.Crashed out and went to Mexico or Japan65.Slept in an office sleeping pod66.Got a YC sticker from a cute YC founder67.Had your friends stage an 'organic' moment to post on X68.Flexed a lab/NVIDIA hoodie at a VC dinner where you don’t work69.Moved to NYC to find love then came back70.Participated in a VC-funded party that made the news for bad reasons71.Went to a cuddle party 72.Asked a Twitter e-girl out and got ghosted73.Had a therapist but told everyone it was 'performance coaching'74.Had a phase where you were really into biohacking75.Wrong-tagged a major tech influencer76.Hooked up with someone you met at Burning Man then saw them at a potluck77.Converted a VC meeting into a date78.Injected Chinese peptides79.Had sex in a waymo80.Hosted a raise celebration party in a club and invited your ex(s) (partners and coworkers)81.Missed a flight because a demo, deploy or bug fix ran overtime82.Hooked up with multiple people at the same company and they found out83.Took a selfie with Sam Altman 84.Launched an AI Slack / Chat bot for your product85.Got asked by Business Insider or SF Standard about dating culture in SF86.Met all of the '7 girls of SF'87.Hooked up with one of the '7 girls of SF'88.Got cancelled as a 4/10 Asian girl in SF89.Been to Sam Altman’s house by private invite90.Danced with Jonathan Liu at a tech party91.Had to sign an NDA about something sexual92.Had a tizz billboard go viral on Twitter by accident93.Saw something and are now NDA’d about Gary Tan’s sauna94.Quit your job and launched your startup in 30 days95.Did skunk work across startups and never got caught96.Got acquired by another company this year97.Became the main character of a niche SF Twitter thread98.Got mentioned on TBPN as a peak life moment99.Got retweeted by Garry Tan or Paul Graham100.Did something sexual in a robotaxi

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