Austen Allred (@Austen) — Twitter Score 398 out of 1000

Austen Allred is an AI education founder who founded Gauntlet AI, a training program for engineers, and previously co-founded BloomTech and Lambda School. Austen Allred's Twitter Score is 398 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of September 2026, ranking #574 (top 0.5%) among 486,860 tracked accounts.

Austen Allred co-founded Lambda School in 2017, which rebranded as BloomTech in 2022. BloomTech raised a $30 million Series B led by Bedrock Capital, with participation from Vy Capital, GGV Capital, Google Ventures, Y Combinator, and Sound Ventures. On April 17, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued an order against BloomTech and Allred for deceiving students about loan costs and job-placement claims; the order banned BloomTech from consumer-lending activities, banned Allred from student-lending activities for ten years, and required more than $164,000 in civil penalties, including $100,000 from Allred personally.

Austen Allred founded Gauntlet AI, which trains engineers to become AI-first operators through a 10-week Challenger program and a 6-week Catalyst program for teams. Austen Allred is also affiliated with Accelerando. Austen Allred has been active on Twitter since 2010, with 59,617 posts to date. Austen Allred has been mentioned by 479 accounts, with 1,139 total mentions.

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