The CEO of a biotech company, MaxWell Biosciences, explicitly stated his intention to discriminate against hiring men at his medical startup on Monday.

The company, which performs bioengineering and research into Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia, has the backing of high-profile investors, The Daily Caller has learned.

Company CEO Joshua McClure stated in a now-deleted tweet that he was actively seeking women to employ — at the cost of ignoring male talent who apply to work. The tweet was not well-received by critics who accused him of discriminating against men.

“I’m a man,” he wrote in response to a threaded discussion about men in tech. “I’m actively ignoring male talent to search for female. Being called a ‘boy’ doesn’t help me change opportunities for women.”

In separate tweets, McClure wrote that he believed hiring women is good because they “think different,” and that he sought to diversify his workforce to “alienate the comfort zone.” He linked to an article claiming that diverse teams are “smarter” and “more successful” compared to those with less demographic diversity.

Critics quipped that his views appeared to be very much in line with James Damore’s, who was fired from Google after he released a memo calling for the tech giant to break down the walls of its ideological echo chamber. However, unlike Damore, McClure explicitly stated his intention to hire women over men for the sake of diversity.

Following the backlash, McClure deleted his original tweet and has not explained why he intends to deprive men of the same opportunities he’s offering women.

Ian Miles Cheong is a journalist and outspoken media critic. You can reach him through social media at @stillgray on Twitter and on Facebook.