'Soar' wars: Inside two AI startups' messy fight over the same name

Getty Images; Tyler Le/BIStanley Virgint and Henry Langmack's LinkedIn messages started politely enough.Virgint told Langmack to have a "killer time at NYU" on May 17. Langmack asked about Soar, Virgint's AI travel companion startup. "When are you planning on launching?" he asked. "I'm on the waitlist."The following day, Virgint said that he was "dying with fundraise" — he was meeting with investors at the time — and sent his phone number.Langmack launched his own startup the fo