# Will Depue jokes that IMO gold winners are needed to resell tokens

> Original title: who knew you needed so many IMO Gold winners to resell tokens in a React app

- Source: will depue
- Published: 2026-10-28T04:53:04.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/fd7k6k3i3a7b7njm1mrnzaz6m
- Original: https://x.com/willdepue/status/2115305826097545321

## Summary

Will Depue, whose account is owned by OpenAI, jokes that a React app reselling tokens does not need so many IMO gold winners. The post is a sarcastic jab at AI startups hiring elite competition talent for simple products.

## Post

who knew you needed so many IMO Gold winners to resell tokens in a React app

## Quoted post @AmeliaBarty

> Scott Wu is literally just that Asian quant from The Big Short movie
> 
> A guileless autist being paraded around by the conniving white man (Zach Frankel) in order to fool boomer enterprise IT managers with Olympiad mumbo jumbo

https://x.com/AmeliaBarty/status/2115236124058931357