NEWS: First wave of contracts totalling $4.4M under the $118M IRS BPA were awarded to Fedstack, Gauntlet AI, Fearless, and Sokat. Codesmith with no reported contracts.

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u/sheriffderek wrote (the comment Michael replied to):

How does BloomTech get any traction when it's so publicly known to be rotten?

u/michaelnovati replied · Jun 10, 2026 ★ FEATURED

I think BloomTech shut down effectively, and Gauntlet has traction. It's entirely free and the jobs are very high paying. But it's not perfect either. The thing is when you have a problem and you pay $0, it's hard to have "damages", so their model absolutely lets them experiment and iterate at the pace Austen Allred wants but without having students as upset if they don't have a good experience.