India, Jan. 11 -- The Chief Marketing Officer of Cluely has quit the AI startup, citing 12-hour workdays among his reasons. Daniel Min, 22, said that grinding 12 hours a day caused him to miss important moments of life - like getting dinner with his friends or surprising his brother on his birthday.

Min helmed the marketing team at Cluely for just eight months before stepping down from the position. He gave up a lucrative salary in the process - according to an Instagram video he shared one day ago, he was being paid over $300,000 a year ( Rs.2.7 crore approximately).

Daniel Min, a content creator, joined Cluely as its CMO in May 2025. He was just 21 at the time, having recently graduated from The Wharton School with a Bachelor of Scien...