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Corgi shuts down Corgi Girls.com employee ranking site

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A website called Corgi Girls.com let users rank the female employees of Corgi, an AI insurance firm known for 24‑hour cafes and whimsical social media. For three days the site displayed side‑by‑side photos and a real‑time attractiveness leaderboard.

The domain was bought by Sebastian Mandal, a San Francisco founder who calls himself a college dropout and professional Minecraft player. He tweeted that he’d bought Corgi Girls.com, asked his 279 followers for ideas, and tagged Mark Zuckerberg in a nod to the 2003 Facemash.

Erika Lee, Corgi’s head of brand, said the site appeared after a colleague’s photo was posted, causing her to feel “really disturbed.” She suspects Mandal used an AI scraper to pull images from LinkedIn, including baristas from the Corgi Cafe, and built the site in hours. After two legal emails, the site was taken down following a pop‑up that claimed over 200,000 unique visitors.

Corgi issued a statement denying any role in the site’s creation, saying it will not tolerate the use of employee images for harassment. The company emphasized it has no connection to Mandal and that the site has been removed.