Tech founder criticized for vibe coding game about shooting 'zombies' in San Francisco's poorest neighborhood

Pierre-Louis Biojout, founder of Y Combinator-backed AI startup NanoCorp, took heat from San Francisco residents and city leaders this week after publishing a weekend vibe coding project: a web-based shooter set in SF's Tenderloin district, which is known for homelessness and open drug use. "San Francisco couldn't fix the Tenderloin," Biojout said in a now-deleted X post on October 13. "So I monetized it [as a] Call of Duty style zombie shooter on the real SF streets." He noted that he'd already made $300 from in-game ads.