recaptcha didn't originate at Google. There are smart people working outside the Google and Microsoft ecosystems. While I am not a real fan of Stack Overflow,

recaptcha didn't originate at Google. There are smart people working outside the Google and Microsoft ecosystems. While I am not a real fan of Stack Overflow, they've had incredibly nebulous questions that have turned into wiki's before - this one somehow failed to meet their standards. First thing in a startup - solve someone's pain. Human Verification is a pain point for web data entry.