Quaero got US$306 million investment ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=136759 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=136759 ). SearchMe got US$31 million from

Quaero got US$306 million investment ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=136759 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=136759 ). SearchMe got US$31 million from Sequoia ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=134291 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=134291 ). Ex-Googlers start a search engine. Perhaps this is because Google stock options will be vesting in Aug 2008 and Google will rapidly become a shell of itself before Christmas: By some estimates, more than 900 employees became instant millionaires when Google went public in August 2004, and that total has likely ballooned along with the stock price. ... By some estimates, nearly a third of the first 500 Googlers have departed, and many more of the estimated 2,200 pre-IPO employees are planning an exit as their stock vests. -- http://www.news.com/Life-after-Google%2C-with-millions/2100-1030_3-6226900.html http://www.news.com/Life-after-Google%2C-with-millions/2100-...